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History of abraham lincoln hotel reading pa
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Hotel Abraham Lincoln
United States historic place
This article is about the historic building and former hotel in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania. For the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Springfield, Illinois, see President Abraham Lincoln Hotel.
The Hotel Abraham Lincoln is a historic building and former hotel in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania.
Opened on May 23, 1930, the Lincoln was one of Reading's original nine grand hotels.
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The hotel was the last of the grand hotels to cease operations, doing so on November 1, 2016.[1]
The plans for the hotel were devised by the Reading Hotel Corporation in September 1928. William A. Sharp, vice president of the organization, was placed in charge of building the new hotel.
New York architect William Lee Stoddart was hired to design the building, and the Honkin-Conkey Construction Company of Cleveland won the contract to build the hotel. Approximately $2 million was spent on the hotel prior to opening, with roughly half the cost