The Otesaga Hotel, Hotel in den Vereinigten Staaten
The Otesaga Hotel is a Federal-style hotel on the shore of Lake Otsego in Cooperstown, New York, built in 1909. The building has 135 rooms, a wide front porch with wooden columns, two on-site restaurants, and access to an 18-hole golf course on the grounds.
The hotel was commissioned in 1909 by brothers Stephen and Edward Clark, who hired architect Percy Griffin to design it. When the National Baseball Hall of Fame opened nearby in 1939, the town drew more visitors, and the Clark family later expanded the adjacent Cooper Inn to keep up with demand.
The hotel's name comes from the Haudenosaunee language and refers to the open waters of the lake it sits beside. Guests today can still walk along the shoreline and take in the same view that drew visitors here more than a century ago.
The hotel sits right on the lake, so water activities and shoreline walks are easy to enjoy in warmer months. Downtown Cooperstown is close enough to reach on foot, which makes visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame and local shops straightforward.
The hotel has a local reputation for being haunted and was featured in a television show about paranormal locations that aired in 2010. Some guests come specifically hoping to experience something unexplained during their stay.
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