Richard Willis Quotes (3 Quotes)

While establishments such as Northwood attracted celebrity-status figures, the Bellevue and Paterson Houses fell on the less expensive end of the spectrum. Lake Hopatcong was the place to be back then, ... It was a place to get meals and a room by the day or the week.

It looks nothing like the old building, but you can't save some of the buildings. ...You can't preserve history entirely. It's impossible.

Back then many of the hotels were named for a person or the place where they came from. The Hockenjos were from Paterson so they named it the Paterson House.