The Grand Hotel (1881-1966) Highmount, NY Opened in the 1881 by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, the 418 room hotel sat on the side of Monka Hill, with a commanding view down the Big Indian Valley towards Slide Mountain. The hotel was a copy of the famous Oriental Hotel on Coney Island in New York City. Because of its affiliation with the railroad, it remained in operation until 1966, long after the other great hotels of its era had closed.

click on images for a larger view Aerial view of the Grand Hotel. The front of the Grand Hotel. Main Hall, Grand Hotel, Highmount-in -the-Catskills, NY The hotel with Monka Hill behind it. The train station with the hotel and Monka Hill in the background Highmount-in-the-Catskills, N.Y. Grand Hotel, View from the R.R. Station View from the other side of the ridge, where the road (today NY 28) descends from Highmount towards Fleischmanns Postcard featuring an engraving of the hotel, showing the long stairway down to the train station. Postcard "One of the lookouts on Monka Mountain, in rear of Grand Hotel". Postcard View of Panther and Slide Mountains from the Grand Hotel View of Panther and Slide Mountains from the Grand Hotel's Front Entrance Postcard "Looking up the Horse Shoe curve between Pine Hill and Grand Hotel Station". Ad for the Grand Hotel from the New York Evening Post May 28, 1904 Front cover of brochure distibuted when the hotel was opened in 1881 Floorplan of the Grand Hotel Monka Hill and the Grand Hotel site today, as seen from the Belleayre Chirlift

Images are from the collection of Timothy J. Mallery. The Catskill Archive website and all contents, unless otherwise specified, are ©2002 Timothy J. Mallery.

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