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The Yorktowne Hotel
York's 1925 'community hotel', paid for by nearly 1,200 residents in a one-week stock drive and rehabilitated as a 123-room hotel.
- Built
- 1925Built as a community-financed hotel; opened 1925.
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Rooms
- 123
- Area
- Downtown York
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district; Local landmark
The story
After World War I, York’s Chamber of Commerce and civic clubs ran a one-week stock drive in which nearly 1,200 residents invested more than $1.17 million in a ‘community hotel.’ The Yorktowne opened in 1925 and became the region’s social crossroads, hosting Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Lucille Ball, and was expanded in 1957. It later went into foreclosure and onto a statewide list of at-risk buildings before the York County Industrial Development Authority assembled state grants, historic tax credits and gifts for a full rehabilitation and a Tapestry Collection by Hilton affiliation.
Good to know
- Address: 48 E Market St, York, PA 17401
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.