Brockerhoff Hotel
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Brockerhoff Hotel is a historic hotel
located at Bellefonte
, Centre County, Pennsylvania
. It was built in 1866, and is a large brick building on a stone foundation, measuring 170 feet by 60 feet. The original building was executed in the Italianate
style. It was renovated in the 1880s to have a mansard roof
in a combined Second Empire / Queen Anne
style. The roof features multicolored slate
. The building was built by Henry Brockerhoff (1794-1878), who also built the Brockerhoff Mill
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1977. It is located in the Bellefonte Historic District
.
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
located at Bellefonte
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Bellefonte is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies about twelve miles northeast of State College and is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Centre County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 153,990....
. It was built in 1866, and is a large brick building on a stone foundation, measuring 170 feet by 60 feet. The original building was executed in the Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style. It was renovated in the 1880s to have a mansard roof
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
in a combined Second Empire / Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style architecture
The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...
style. The roof features multicolored slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
. The building was built by Henry Brockerhoff (1794-1878), who also built the Brockerhoff Mill
Brockerhoff Mill
Brockerhoff Mill, also known as Roopsburg Mill, is a historic grist mill located at Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1862, and is a four-story brick building on a limestone foundation. It measures 56 feet by 40 feet, and has a gable roof. Also on the property are...
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1977. It is located in the Bellefonte Historic District
Bellefonte Historic District
Bellefonte Historic District is a national historic district located at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 296 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential area of Bellefonte. The oldest building in the district is the Col. James...
.