Lancaster
Cork Factory Hotel
The Lancaster Cork Company's factory, bought by Armstrong Cork in 1895 and worked until 2000; a wing of the complex became a hotel in 2009.
- Built
- 1865HHA dates the original property to 1865 (the Lancaster Cork Company's mid-19th-century factory); Armstrong acquired it in 1895; hotel opened 2009.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
The building was home to the Lancaster Cork Company in the mid-19th century. Thomas M. Armstrong bought the plant in 1895 for his Armstrong Cork Company, which moved its whole operation to Lancaster in 1929 and later shifted from cork to linoleum. Armstrong sold the complex to Kerr Glass Manufacturing in 1969, and production ended in 2000. Developer Barry Baldwin bought it in 2004 for $1.2 million and turned it into the mixed-use Urban Place, with a wing reserved for the hotel, which opened in 2009.
Good to know
- Address: 480 New Holland Ave, Suite 3000, Lancaster, PA 17602
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.