As I was reading about the Pequea trolley line, which passed near Martic Forge where my wife lived as a child, I stumbled upon a few pages that talked about something I had never heard of before. I asked Carol if she had ever heard about the Pequehanna Inn that would have been near her home as well as the Pequea Railroad Station that would have been about five-minutes from the Inn. She looked at me with an amazed look on her face and said, "What are you talking about." "Yeah, there was going to be a 384 room hotel that was to be on the hill that overlooked the Susquehanna River where the Pequea Creek entered the Susquehanna River. The Pequehanna Inn was to be the largest "inn" in the United States and possess the most elegant dining room in the state.
Part of the trolley line that ran along th Susquehanna. |
Trolley schedule for Pequea area. |
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The alleged magnificent structure was said to be unique and superbly featured in several particulars. He claimed it will cover one of the largest areas of ground of any inn in the United States and be built of concrete block construction and be nearly fireproof. All 384 rooms will be sun lit and will be fully ventilated with pure hill-top air. Each of its four frontages will have special landscape features with a beautiful interior courtyard and garden. It will have the largest and finest dining room in the state. Information from the builder went on, saying the rooms would be for sale which would help cover the cost of construction and part of the maintenance. They could be used by the the owners or rented or leased to other parties.
Another view of what the proposed Pequehanna Inn was going to look like. |
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