The historic Buck Hill Inn is situated in the idyllic forest scenery and cool climate of the Pocono Mountains. As railroad expansion in the late 19th century offered access to this once-remote region of Pennsylvania, a group of Philadelphia Quakers formed a corporation in 1900 to build a mountain retreat. The Inn, designed by the Philadelphia firm of Bunting and Shrigley and opened in 1901, contained 20 rooms and no private baths. The tremendous success and popularity of the Inn led to almost annual additions and alterations including the 1923 construction of a large rambling 4-story hotel of native stone in the Mission Revival style, also designed by Bunting and Shrigley. As the Poconos developed as a popular early 20th century tourist destination, other resort complexes followed including Pocono Manor (1902), and Skytop (1927). In addition to a main hotel, each also included a cottage community. Buck Hill and Pocono Manor, both established by Quakers, offered a relaxed, understated atmosphere in contrast to the grander scale and opulence of Skytop. Buck Hill was, even into the later years of the 20th century, one of the largest Pocono resorts.
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