One of a series of four interior photographs taken in 2015 of the damaged interior of the Lykens Hotel, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, prior to the application of funding to pay for the renovation. The project was led by the Lykens Community Development Corporation and was explained in an article that appeared in the Citizen Standard, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The article and photos were by Rebecca Zemencik, managing editor of the newspaper.
Photo caption:
A view of the entrance to the Grand Ballroom located in the basement of the Lykens Hotel. According to Kevin Jury, famous people such as Doris Day, Johnny Carson, The Three Stooges and many more have visited and performed in the historic building during its heyday in the late 1920s.
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