Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain Inn
Tooker & Marsh's chestnut-and-stone lodge, opened in Bear Mountain State Park in 1915 and one of the earliest examples of rustic park style.
- Built
- 1915Built in nine months by Tooker & Marsh for the Palisades Interstate Park Commission; opened June 26, 1915 (HHA).
- Style
- Rustic (park architecture)
- Architect
- Tooker & Marsh
- Type
- Lodge
- Rooms
- 15
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
The Palisades Interstate Park Commission built the inn to draw visitors to Bear Mountain State Park, which opened in 1913, and Governor Charles S. Whitman presided at its invitation-only opening on June 26, 1915. Tooker & Marsh’s lodge, framed and sided with chestnut timber on a foundation of stone from colonial boundary walls, is one of the earliest examples of the rustic style later used across national and state parks. Visitors came by steamship, train and car, and Harry James and Tommy Dorsey brought their bands here.
Good to know
- Address: 3020 Seven Lakes Drive, Bear Mountain, NY 10911
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.