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Sloatsburg in Rockland County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

The Glenwood Hotel

 
 
The Glenwood Hotel Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Clifton Patrick, April 4, 2015
1. The Glenwood Hotel Marker
Inscription. This building existed in the late 1890s as a rooming house for workers in the mills of Sloatsburg until around 1950. The ground floor of the building was converter into a restaurant, circa 1904 by Henry & Kathleen Tobin, offering open-air dining on the large veranda style porch in addition to an elegant main dining room. The Glenwood flourished as a restaurant for fine dining for nearly fifty years - until the opening of the NYS Thruway diverted travelers away from Orange Turnpike.

Marker donated by the New York State Legislature
 
Erected by Sloatsburg Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EntertainmentIndustry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.
 
Location. 41° 9.444′ N, 74° 11.556′ W. Marker is in Sloatsburg, New York, in Rockland County. It is on Orange Turnpike (New York State Route 17) 0.2 miles north of Eagle Valley Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 94 Orange Turnpike, Sloatsburg NY 10974, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hudson Valley and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sloatsburg Cemetery (approx. Ό mile away); Sloat House & Inn (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ramapo Valley (approx. half a mile

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away); Torne Brook Farm (approx. 1.8 miles away); Thurgood Marshall and the Hillburn Schools (approx. 2½ miles away); Tuxedo Korean War Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Tuxedo Iraq War Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Tuxedo World War II Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sloatsburg.
 
The Characters Bar & Restaurant, formerly the Glenwood Hotel. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Clifton Patrick
2. The Characters Bar & Restaurant, formerly the Glenwood Hotel.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2015, by Clifton Patrick of Chester, NY, United States. This page has been viewed 1,637 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 4, 2015, by Clifton Patrick of Chester, NY, United States. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 21, 2026