751 Comments for Hotel Sterling

Hello Friends,
No the hotel lobby part still stands-but they ware threatening to demolish it-we really need help preserving it if anyone has ideas-contact me im on facebook

When I was growing up in Kingston (just across the river) I used to go into this hotel and was always awestruck by the beauty of the place. When I drive from Kingston into Wilkes-Barre, it always made me smile.

No apparently it is time to say good-bye to what was once among the most beautiful buildings I have ever darkened the doorway of. Now instead of the smile when I cross the bridge, I think there will be a tear.

Looks dangerous being up on that roof

I think they had luxury apartments upstairs

My mother use to sing at the hotel sterling maybe that is what this room was.

of course years ago there was no counter-aj jr installed that to grow plants on for seed starting for his farm in harveys lake-still exists today i think-also the windows went down to the floor, that heating system was installed in the 1970s for the seeds.

Oh my goodness,
This is was the best place in the sordoni suite-this was aj's rose/orchid garden-it was a year round conservatory where he grew roses in the winter, and orchids and palms in the winter-at night when the couple would entertain they would light candles, and have dim lit white xmas lights and host cocktails out in there-I went to some parties here and it was beautiful looking down at the city at night and there was a wall fountain that trickled water-it was just so peaceful. This was never the presidential suite-it was the apartment of Senator and Mrs. Andrew Sordoni-they were lovely people and very good friends of my husband Herbert and I-these photos bring back such good memories. Bertha Merrieweather Reilly

This is Sen. Andrew Sordoni's apartment on the top floors of the old tower. I can remember being in this apartment many years ago-and I mean many-the sordoni family were friends of ours and we used to ahve card parties here-at one time, there were to sets of tiffany stained glass windows, the staircase banister was gilded in real gold leaf, he had the most equisite antique furniture and decor(I was left some things by his wife) She died in the 1980s and AJ Sordoni died in the 1970s, after that aj's kids held it, until they held a sale to sell everything else around 1995. Was never used as a hotel room though. There was no presidential suite-all presidents were guests of aj sordoni-kennedy, eisenhower, hoover, and coolidge all did stay here in the sordoni apartment-mrs, sordoni was such a lovely hospitable woman-of course my favorite thing in his apartment was the indoor conservatory rose garden-which at night was lit with candles and electric christmas like bulbs, later his son installed tables to start seeds on for his farm-still exists today-Aj grew roses in the winter, and orchids and palms in the summer, it was the most surreal place I was ever in. These picts all though they look like a desolate old ruin-bring memories back to me, Thank You so much it means so much-Bertha M. Reilly <3

That is some serious pigment!

I would have loved to be in this Hotel when it was being run as such.
I was standing in front of it today it's such a shame that the building is in such disrepair. I would have liked to go inside, but after previously looking at some of the photos that that someone took of the inside of the building It probably would not have been wise to attempt entry. I was told today that what's left of the Hotel would have to be torn down. What a shame/

ive lived in wilkes barre for all my life [ 20 years] && ive always wanted to see inside the Hotel Sterling. I wish I could find pictures when everything was new but im having such a hard time. I never knew how popular this Hotel is, still, 114 years after it opened. if anyone knows of any websites with old, old photos of the H. Sterling, contact me on facebook search: ashley miller. these are amazing pictures, thanks for posting them :)

Is this where the zombies "do it"?

Bat cave lol

Ah, the 70s. Elvis would have loved this suite. The fireplace is awesome. I'm surprised a dresser & a window table were still intact. I noticed a chain hanging from the ceiling which held a light fixture called a "swag" lamp. Very popular in the day. I bet there was pink shag carpeting under all that debris and insulation. I can picture a darkened room with a lone TV on. "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" is heard but ignored by the young newlyweds.

I can picture a wedding reception being held here in the 1970s. The groom is wearing a power blue polyester tux with dark blue velvet bow tie & lapels & stripe down each leg. The bridesmaids are dressed in pastel colors. The DJ is playing KC & the Sunshine Band or Abba on the turntable. I bet many a wedding cake was cut in this room over the years.