The Perkiomen Bridge Hotel dates back to the early 1700s and is the first building seen when crossing into Collegeville Borough over the Perkiomen Creek Bridge from Lower Providence Township. Privately owned for 14 years, the hotel sits vacant and deteriorating despite citations from the borough for code violations. Flooding in September 2021 demolished 1900s additions to the historic building. In addition to the code violations, borough officials filed an injunction against the property owner to force cleanup of the hotel. The cleanup is to include tearing down the damaged, nonhistoric additions, hauling away debris, clearing the area, and boarding up and securing the building. The owner has filed several appeals, finally losing the last one in the Montgomery Court of Common Pleas. Read a Q&A about the hotel from Collegeville Borough.
Source: Collegeville Borough; 12/2024