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The Sayre Mansion
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Robert Heysham Sayre, chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, built The Sayre Mansion in 1858 as the first house of its scale in Fountain Hill, a Gothic Revival pile. Nearly demolished by 1990 after apartments and a fraternity, it opened as an inn in 1993, and the Carriage House came back in 2002. About 19 mansion rooms plus Carriage House suites keep gold-leaf ceilings, and a rooftop Conservatory still has the original glass roof of Sayre's library, and the house belongs to Historic Hotels of America.
- 23 rooms
- Opened 1993
- Neighborhood: Fountain Hill
About The Sayre Mansion
- Sayre lived here until 1907 and raised eight children, adding wings as the family grew.
- The rooftop Conservatory still has the original glass roof that crowned his private library, with a 180-degree view of Bethlehem.
- Slated for demolition around 1990; a local couple restored it as a B&B that opened in 1993.
History
Robert Heysham Sayre built the Gothic Revival mansion in Fountain Hill in 1858 and lived there until 1907. Around 1914 it became a fraternity house, then eight apartments from the 1930s until the late 1980s. Near demolition in 1990, it was restored and opened as The Sayre Mansion Inn in 1993. The Carriage House, sold off decades earlier, was reunited with the estate in 2002.
Amenities
- Complimentary WiFi
- Flip charts
- Projection screens
- Notepaper and pens
- Polycom speakerphone
- LCD projector
- In-house catering
- Corporate rates
- Custom food and beverage packages for meetings
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