Shawanga Lodge

Shawanga Lodge was a Catskills mountain hotel operated from 1923 to 1972, part of the Borscht Belt hotels located in Highview, New York.
In September 2021 the lodge site was acquired by a land conservation group, Open Space Initiative, which stated that is intends to transfer ownership to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Hotel construction

Construction of Catskill hotels in the days before sprinkler systems and modern heating systems consisted of may separate buildings built at a distance. Buildings often burned. In Shawanga's case, the main building burned due to a chimney fire around 1923–1926. As the resort consisted of many buildings, it was not a total loss.

1957 renovation

Construction began after the 1957 season and proceeded during the winter. Previously the hotel catered to singles, after the renovation, the hotel catered to families.