Shawanga Lodge

Shawanga Lodge was a Catskills mountain hotel operated from 1923 to 1972, part of the Borscht Belt hotels located in Highview, New York.

In September 2021 the lodge site was acquired by a land conservation group, Open Space Initiative, which stated that is intends to transfer ownership to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).^[1]

Hotel construction

Construction of Catskill hotels in the days before sprinkler systems and modern heating systems consisted of may separate buildings built at a distance. Buildings often burned. In Shawanga's case, the main building burned due to a chimney fire around 1923–1926. As the resort consisted of many buildings, it was not a total loss.

1957 renovation

Construction began after the 1957 season and proceeded during the winter. Previously the hotel catered to singles, after the renovation, the hotel catered to families.