{{Short description|Hotel in Montclair, New Jersey}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Hotel Montclair | logo = | logo_size = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | caption = | pushpin_map = | location = | address = Crestmont Road and Claremont Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey | hotel_chain = | coordinates = | opening_date = May 1, 1907 | closing_date = 1938 | developer = | architect = | operator = | owner = | cost = | number_of_rooms = 228<ref name=NJersey/> | number_of_suites = | number_of_restaurants = | number_of_Bars = | floor_area = | floor_count = | height = | parking = | website = | footnotes = }} The '''Hotel Montclair, ''' also known as '''The Montclair''' was a hotel located in Montclair, New Jersey. It opened in 1907 and closed in 1938.
==Building== The Hotel Montclair was located above Montclair on Crestmont Road on the First Mountain at the border with Verona. It was accessible by trolley, carriage, and automobile,<ref name=postcards>{{cite book |last=Jaeger |first=Philip Edward |title=Montclair: A Postcard Guide to Its Past |location=Charleston, South Carolina |publisher=Arcadia |year=1998 |pages=71–74 |isbn=9780738534756 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVB9MtiTEGgC&pg=PA71 }}</ref> and a joint horse riding and automobile club was opened in association with the hotel.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Autoists and Horsemen Combine to Organize Montclair Club |magazine=The Automobile |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_XuLJaPJ1kC&pg=PA524 |page=524 |date=March 21, 1907 }}</ref> There were originally 128 rooms, expanded in 1920 to 228.<ref name=NJersey>{{cite news |first=Diane |last=Herbst |url=http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/195936131_First_new_hotel_in_Montclair_in_a_century_in_2014_.html?page=all |title=First new hotel in Montclair in a century in 2014? |newspaper=The Montclair Times |via=The Record |date=March 7, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022219/http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/195936131_First_new_hotel_in_Montclair_in_a_century_in_2014_.html?page=all |archivedate=October 5, 2013 |access-date=June 27, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its amenities included a sunroom, an artesian well, and in later years an English grill and taproom.<ref name=postcards/>
==History== Opened on May 1, 1907, the hotel catered primarily to long-term summer guests, among them John Franklin Fort, a governor of the state.<ref name=NJersey/> On June 28, 1913, the dedication of Montclair's fourth Delaware and Lackawanna station was celebrated there.<ref name=postcards/> Paul Wilcox, a lawyer also instrumental in the founding of the nearby Montclair Golf Club, played a major role in its establishment and was its manager.<ref name=postcards/><ref name=Rock>{{Cite web|url=https://rockcliffeapartment.com/about/history/|title=History |website=Rockcliffe Apartments |accessdate=December 11, 2019 }}</ref> After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, alcoholic beverages were made available in the hotel.
Thirty years after its opening, the Hotel Montclair closed in 1938, and was razed in 1940; the Rockcliffe Apartments were built on the site in 1940.<ref name=NJersey/><ref name=Rock/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/258068/rockcliff-apartments-montclair-nj-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211231342/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/258068/rockcliff-apartments-montclair-nj-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 11, 2019|title=Rockcliff Apartments, Montclair | 258068 | EMPORIS|website=Emporis}}</ref>
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