Abandoned Fernwood Hotel & Convention Center
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Rt. 209, Middle Smithfield Township, Pike County, PA. Full spectrum color, high definition photo… ✎ Closed in 2014 & abandoned completely in 2015 when Fernwood Hotel & Conference Center declared bankruptcy, and listed the entire $1.15M mortgage on the property among their debts. The hotel also accumulated more than $1M in delinquent property taxes & about $150K in liens from utility bills on top of the mortgage. It was supposedly sold {some time in early 2018} for $2.5M to the Jinyin Temple of Sino Esoteric Buddhism --- a Buddhist group based in Queens, NYC, NY --- which plans to turn the former hotel into a retreat center. The sale/purchase cannot be confirmed, however.... Meanwhile, the property's buildings are quickly succumbing to the ravages of nature & the elements. |
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Wood structures do not stand up well in the elements [when unattended certainly] in this area, though.... Winters are long and harsh, summer storms are common and often damaging, spring often comes with flooding rains and lots of fog .... I definitely think the structures aren't as old as they look. My vague memory of them (since we have a vacation home in the area) is of them appearing some time in the early 1990's when tourism in the area was at its height. It's funny how you can pass by a place hundreds of times over a 30yr. span and never notice them --- 'til suddenly, one day you're stuck in storm cleanup traffic and "viola" there they are....