Elephant Hotel
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Elephant Hotel
Built 1825
National Register
Of Historic Places
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Elephant Hotel
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Built 1825 by entrepreneur Hachaliah Bailey, owner of the elephant, "Old Bet". This site was the symbolic center for the emerging traveling menagerie and circus industry. The building also served as an important stagecoach hostelry, banking and social center.
2005
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
Marker is at the intersection of Somerstown Turnpike (U.S. 202) and Somers Road, on the right when traveling west on Somerstown Turnpike.
Courtesy hmdb.org
