It was a restaurant, a bar, a post office, a place for auctioning and boarding livestock, a weighing station, a polling place, a social center and, for most of its history, a provider of lodging.
Long before the era of chain hotels with lookalike rooms and free Wi-Fi, the Landis Valley House Hotel in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was a destination offering hospitality to both travelers and locals. Constructed and initially operated by Jacob Landis Jr. from 1856 to 1860, the Landis Valley House Hotel was strategically located at the intersection of the Reading Road, New Haven Road and Neffsville Road â the perfect spot for a tavern that offered food, drink and accommodations for weary travelers as well as a gathering spot for its rural neighbors.