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Lancaster Arts Hotel
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Coordinates 40°2′49″N 76°18′44″W / 40.04694°N 76.31222°W / 40.04694; -76.31222
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Opening date 2006 (2006)
No. of rooms 63
No. of floors 3 12

The Lancaster Arts Hotel is a special hotel located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. What makes it unique is that it's built inside an old tobacco warehouse! It's a cool place where history meets art.

A Hotel with a Past

This building was first built way back in the 1880s. For many years, it was a busy tobacco warehouse. Workers stored and processed tobacco leaves here until 1945.

After that, the building was used by different businesses. A company that sold paper and twine used it. Later, an electronics business moved in. Finally, it was carefully changed into the beautiful hotel we see today.

The hotel is part of a special list called the National Register of Historic Places. This means it's an important historical building. It's also a member of Historic Hotels of America. This group includes hotels that are famous for their history.

Art and Creativity

The Lancaster Arts Hotel is not just a place to sleep. It also has its own art gallery! This gallery shows off amazing artwork by artists from the local area. The art changes often, so there's always something new to see.

One special room in the gallery celebrates a famous sculptor named Blanche Nevin. She was from Lancaster. One of her most famous sculptures is of Peter Muhlenberg. This sculpture is so important that it's displayed in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C.

Another room at the hotel features the paintings of Charles Demuth. He was a very talented watercolor painter. Other artists like Warren Rohrer and David Brumbach have also shown their work here. It's like a mini art museum inside a hotel!

Lancaster-Arts
Hotel entrance

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