The former Belvedere Hotel in Apollo, Pennsylvania, was a hoarder’s paradise. The vintage hotel and bar of Second Empire architectural design evoke a simpler time when lodging accommodations featured shared bathrooms and contained sparse amenities. This four-story beauty was later used as apartments but fell into disrepair by the early 1980s, caused by the ill finances of a new owner and a lack of an ongoing plan for the building’s rehabilitation. Sadly, the owner passed away only a few years ago, living only in a small room within the dilapidated hotel. You’d never know it stepping inside.
![Belvedere Hotel](https://i2.wp.com/abandonedonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180520-_DSC0495-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1)
![Belvedere Hotel](https://i1.wp.com/abandonedonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180520-_DSC0475-684x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
![Belvedere Hotel](https://i2.wp.com/abandonedonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180520-_DSC0483-684x1024.jpg?ssl=1)
The bar, original and dotted with vintage neon signs, is stuffed full of boxes and belongings. The pool room, with a signature green table and overhead light fixture, is similarly full, along with the upper-floor guest rooms.
There is so much potential in stabilizing and restoring the Belvedere Hotel, but time has done considerable, irreversible damage.
1 Comment
Add Yours →As with many fine and glorius structures, forgotten by time and elements. How many of these have suffered similar fates.