1880 - Mountainville Hotel - Allentown PA

The Mountainville Hotel was a popular stop on the Emmaus Pike, which went from South Bethlehem to Emmaus in the 1870s. Built about 1872, the hotel was a popular eating and drinking spot for about eighty years.
In December 1958, the hotel was destroyed in a large gas explosion that killed seven people. It was later rebuilt as a modern (1959) structure which remains as a restaurant and barroom today.