Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania)

Commercial Hotel, also known as the General Pershing Hotel, was a historic hotel and theater complex located in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. The four story brick structure opened as a two-story hotel with 58 rooms in 1889. It was enlarged to four stories and 100 rooms with an expansion in 1901. The 700 seat Harris-DuBois Theater, later the DuBois Playhouse, opened in 1937.[2] The building has been demolished.

Commercial Hotel
Commercial Hotel, 1910
Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania)
Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania)
LocationLong and Brady Aves., DuBois, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°07′07″N 78°45′43″W / 41.11861°N 78.76194°W / 41.11861; -78.76194
Arealess than one acre
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectHoward, Russell C.; Et al.
NRHP reference No.85003507[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 13, 1985

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Retrieved 2010-08-31.[permanent dead link] Note: This includes David L. Taylor (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Commercial Hotel" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-08-31. See also: "Accompanying photo".
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