The restaurant seats 75-170 with 10-12 seat custom built cherry/black walnut bar. New systems throughout and new commercial kitchen. Dining room has real fresco walls, 12 ft ceilings, original plaster molding. Building has over 200 ft of rebuilt, columned, covered porches with 95 ft directly accessible from the dining room. The banquet hall will seat 350/400 when restored and has 16 alcove arched vaults in the plaster ceiling. Hall is supported by steel posts and beams, added circa 1926. The Roseboro has approximately 100+ guest rooms which need renovation and cannot be used in their present condition. Rooms are structurally sound. The 1939 Otis elevator needs a tune up, but was never taken "out of service" and therefore is grand fathered for new codes.

The "Howland House" wing (historical name) along Main Street (Rte 10) has been extensively restored into 5 retail storefronts. The building has new infrastructure, fixtures, ADA bathroom. This property is the centerpiece of Main Street in the village & commands  high visibility for its sheer size, wrap porches& beautiful historical architecture.

Included in the sale of the Roseboro Hotel,  is a 3 story + full attic, 1932 masonry building situated on the back of the lot with 6300 sq. ft (2100 sq. ft per floor). The building is structurally very sound & can be put into use with renovation. The ground floor once housed the laundry facility, garage and storage for the Hotel. The 2nd & 3rd floors have a total of 24 dorm rooms, 4 restrooms, and a 3-room apartment.  The construction is terra cotta block with stucco exterior, steel beam, concrete floor (on the main level) and antique fir  floors on the upper levels. 

Both buildings are zoned for commercial business on Main St in the historic district with no restrictive facade codes whatsoever from village, state or federal. THE HISTORIC TAX CREDIT IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY. THIS COULD RETURN 20% OF YOUR RESTORATION COSTS.

 Featured in the NY Times, Preservation Magazine and numerous newspapers and regional TV specials, the Roseboro is one of the areas grandest restored historic buildings. A short 20 minute drive from Cooperstown, in scenic Sharon Springs, the restaurant drew crowds for its history, magnificence and decor. Inside, the full bar featured 8 regional and imported beers on tap. We were successfully available for parties & weddings. 

......Why are we selling the Roseboro?

We purchased the Roseboro in 1996 to save and restore it. It had been abandoned since 1968. We’ve accomplished our goal of restoring the building, as well as in our efforts to promote Sharon Springs as a tourist destination. The tourist numbers increase yearly, drawing from Glimmerglass Opera, Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and other regions from Albany to Boston and NYC. For more area attractions see: www.sharonsprings.com and visit the www.cooperstownchamber.com  and www.cooperstown.com pages as well as our Area Attractions page.  Most importantly, the development of the new Tech Valley in Albany will double its population and is already bringing major business and financial infusion into the region. We were also the first in the region to launch a tourist oriented website early in 1997, initially with www.roseboro.com , and then later with www.sharonsprings.com As such, the sites have had much exposure and rank fairly high in the search engines. Currently both sites each get over 1M hits yearly. The Roseboro website and domain name rights would be included with the sale. The village has many attractions in addition to the rich history and ambiance of Sharon Springs, including, free weekly summer concerts (attended by 500-700 weekly), cafes, restaurants, unique shops, walking tours, history museum and the Imperial Baths (an historic Victorian mineral spa that operates throughout the summer.) The Sharon Springs business community is very supportive of one another,  sharing common goals and ideas. We often run collective ads in several  magazines, newspapers and travel guides. As we continue to expand our shoulder seasons, and with the onset of more people coming from the NYC area, Sharon Springs is now considered a hot spot for relocation, tourism and investments.  The NY Times featured us twice in one year on the front page of the Metro section with color photos. This brought substantial recognition to the village and the Roseboro. The Roseboro, the village and other establishments here, have also been featured in high exposure magazines within the past several years: Victorian Homes, Colonial Homes, Preservation, Catskill Life and various regional newspapers and TV documentaries. We’re listed in “Off the Beaten Path,"  a popular travel guide book in major bookstores and amazon.com. The Philadelphia Eagle, as well as the Boston Globe ran a story about Sharon Springs this past year which brought many people to the area to discover our unique architecture.

Our restoration of the Roseboro has been extensive and successful, but there is still major work to do. It is, however, a turnkey operation as a restaurant,  banquet facility, bar and 5 store fronts. Unique opportunity for development property of hotel resort.  A history of the building is on our main website, www.roseboro.com , along with a photos and links to the village history. 

Please feel free to call me with any questions. The Roseboro is truly a unique and magnificent building. It will prosper with the right developer  who understands the potential of the fastest growing segments of tourism… heritage, retreat and spa tourism. A great weekend get away for city dwellers. Marketing potential is unlimited.

Rebuilt/restored Washington St  porches with new handicap ramp. Banquet hall is behind the ramp, with its long bank of windows.

Here is an abbreviated list of some of the restoration:

• 200 ft restored & rebuilt porches with 2 main entrance staircases, 2 handicap ramps,  historically correct exterior lighting fixtures
• New front exterior paint (oil primer,2 top coats acrylic, 350 gallons)
• New foundations, sills, post, piers, carrier beam, joists, structural
• Replaced roof on connection, restructured main roof, Yankee gutters and downspouts
• Connected drain system into village storm drains
• New fully equipped commercial kitchen
• Custom storm doors and windows throughout heated first floor 
• Custom designed 15' cherry/black walnut bar
• All new bar equip/coolers/8 taps/3-bay sink, 2 complete separate, stations w/ice bins, cold plates, soda guns/wine racks
• State of the art fire alarm and security system
• Original Fir floors refinished
• Fresco plaster walls/moldings restored
• Restored lobby & original cherry/walnut front desk
• Installed cable access/Roadrunner
• Restored dining room
• Magnificent new chandeliers throughout restaurant & lobby, restored chandeliers in shops
• All new state of the art boilers (double system)
• New plumbing, heating, 3-phase electric & single phase
• New bathrooms (lobby)
• Completely ADA compliant
• Renovated/restored 2200 sq ft along Main St into new retail with 5 storefronts/shops with new heating, plumbing, electric, CAT 5 wiring, paint, walls & wainscoting, antique chandeliers, new track lighting in every shop, refinished original fir flooring, ADA bathroom
• New storm/screen windows in shops   

A Brief Summary of the Area

The Roseboro Hotel is the largest remaining building from Sharon Springs, NY golden era as a preeminent spa resort and is located on Main Street in the village. A scenic locale with many fascinating 19^th century water temples and buildings, the village has currently become the focus of national historic and architecturally-oriented magazines, travel guides, newspaper features and TV news spots in its fully initiated renaissance. Sharon Springs is coming into its own as a tourist destination.

The historic Main Street area is business friendly and includes all types of retail, hotels, restaurants, bars as well as tourist and spa related functions. Although on the National Register of Historic Places, there are absolutely no restrictive ordinances that prohibit demolition or alteration of façade or interior. 

Sharon Springs is only twenty minutes from the nationally renown Baseball Hall of Fame & Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown. The Fenimore Museums and Howe Caverns are only 20 minutes away. Cooperstown’s newly developed "Dream Teams", a 10-week season, brought in over 20,000 parents and friends of little league players. Although the leaguers stayed at the facility camps, the parents were left to book accommodations elsewhere. The region, already saturated with tourists from the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Opera, deferred these families to Binghamton accommodations 1 ½ hours away. 

The spa village is conveniently located within 10 miles of Interstates 90 and 88 and intersects major US Highway Route 20. At the foot of both the Catskills and Adirondacks, it is 3 hours from NYC and 4 from Boston. Albany International Airport, Amtrak trains and busses are 40 minutes east in Albany/Schenectady. It draws its tourism benefits from both the Leatherstocking Region and the newly designated Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor. Sharon Springs is also 15 minutes from Howe Caverns, Secret Caverns, Iroquois Museum, Canajoharie Art Gallery and State University of NY at Cobleskill. It is 1 hour from Saratoga.