Hawley ยท Paupack Falls
Ledges Hotel
John S. O'Connor's 1890 bluestone cut-glass factory at Wallenpaupack Falls, later a silk mill and, in World War II, a parachute-nylon mill.
- Built
- 1890Built 1890 by John S. O'Connor as a cut-glass factory; later a silk and textile mill; now a hotel.
- Style
- Federal-style bluestone industrial building
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Paupack Falls
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
John S. O’Connor built this three-story bluestone plant at the foot of Wallenpaupack Falls in 1890 as the J.S. O’Connor American Rich Cut Glass Factory, powered by electricity from the creek behind it. O’Connor’s Parisian, Florentine and Princess patterns made it one of the important cut-glass works of the ‘Brilliant Period.’ T.B. Clark bought the factory in 1902; after World War I it became the H.W. Kimble Silk Company, and in 1943 the Arrow Throwing Mill, which made yarn and parachute nylon during World War II.
Good to know
- Address: 120 Falls Ave, Hawley, PA 18428
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.