[2] In 1936, military artist George Gray painted a set of murals, commissioned by General J. Leslie Kincaid, to serve as decor in the hotel taproom.

She called the hotel lobby, and the front desk staff attempted to put it out with a hose, but the fire raged out of control, spreading to the fifth floor.

At the time, the hotel was filled with 20 judges and police officers in Bethlehem for a convention and a college music competition that brought in guests and their families.

[5] After the closure of Bethlehem Steel in the 1990s, the hotel stood vacant and there were plans to convert it into a combination of facilities for the elderly and a women's dormitory for Moravian College.

The Hotel has hosted some recognizable names in TV, movies, and music such as Jonathan Frakes, who was raised in Bethlehem, and his wife Genie Francis, James Franco, Harry Conick Jr., Slash, and Counting Crows.