Abandoned Philips Hotel 1921 [Top Floor Ballroom] 

Is it haunted

With proper management a few years back, this never would have happened.

My husband and I had our wedding reception here on Aug 18, 2012. It was once a stunning place and I have pictures to prove the beauty.

This is so sad this was left to happen. This is part of Philipsburg’s history and should’ve been protected. I hope someone saves it. Too many buildings with history being tore down 😢

Would have been cool to see you document the old Philipsburg hospital before it went down. Amazing video! 🔥

Thank you for filming this. I drove past it many times. So sad to see a once vital part of the town lay in ruin.

Hey. Great story and shots but could have been cut in half time wise. Lots of repeat shots. Enjoyable however, for those who experienced its revival before its final abandonment. Looks like a job for Omni. They took on Bedford Springs and revived it back to life. Who knows what awaits this 101 year old. Hope it’s something grand once more.

Hello! I'm a photographer and trying to figure out how I can go about getting access to this building. Would you be able to help me?

This is what happens when you leave a building unoccupied and just walk away from it and the waterlines freeze and break and cause all the damage you see . 😞

Just found this video I absolutely love the fact someone did a video on this hotel, there is still so much more of Philipsburg to do!

This is my neighborhood, I pass here every day. I’m angry and sad that the Philips has come to this. Growing up, it was the nursing home with Family Planning offices on the top floors. Then later, it became the Philips Hotel. I was finally excited to have an area in my own backyard I could walk to and grab a decent meal and a glass of wine. That was short lived. The owners, Faith and Tony announced that they were closing the restaurant/bar and it was over. From what I remember the building had went through a ton of water damage when the owners neglected to weatherize the building. All of this damage you see in this video occurred during the last ten years due to that water damage and neglect. I really hope the current owner finally starts making way with this building. We are the townies who were raised here and remember these amazing, historical buildings before they started dilapidating. It’s sad that it’s gotten this far and one of our most historical buildings will probably require demolition because it’s been neglected far too long. Living in a historical house I can say that owning one requires constant and frequent upkeep. One issue can snowball and turn into many. I’m angry because some of the owners of these run down buildings probably bit off more than they can chew and can not complete any work in a timely manner. These neglected buildings make the town (and our neighborhoods) look bad. It also brings down the value of our homes and no one seems to care enough.

What an amazing video. Observing you going up the stairway to the hotel rooms and again going down the hallway to the rooms I observed several orbs making me think this may have at one time been a retirement home for the elderly. Then more orbs appeared as you were going down the stairs into the offices. So many beautiful fixtures just left behind to rust and ruin. The beautiful hanging lights, the gorgeous sconces, pieces of furniture some already decayed, some just waiting for their own time to happen. It so saddens me that our history is slowly deteriorating not only physically through decay, vandalism, fires, rot, but emotionally in the minds of so many of the younger generations. They are not interested in old family photos, antique pieces of furniture, etc. This is so obvious from all of the abandoned places we see with so many old, rare, personal items left to go back to Mother Earth, be destroyed, etc. Whereas, for the much older generations would mean everything to go in, pack up and preserve. But, then you ask yourselves, "Preserve for who"?? Noone seems to be interested. Noone seems to care. Such a travesty the way society has changed from 40-80 yrs ago. Thank you for sharing this iconic piece of history. I like you, enjoy viewing (if I was able Id go out and explore) these beautiful pieces of our past. It's so unfortunate that most will be gone in the next 10 to 20 years. If not earlier. Because noone really cares abkut not only persevering, but to save their history, that can never be replaced.

My barber set up her new shop right across the street. She's not old enough to remember the mystique it had even in the early-mid 2000's. She just sees a shell of a building, not the glamour it had years ago. Kind of sad...both seeing it this way, and knowing it is never going to return to it's former glory.

Wow. I grew up in Philipsburg and going to the Philips Hotel. My great grandmother lived here when it was a nursing home and we’d go visit and then it turned back into a hotel and we’d go for dinner, parties, etc. My Aunt and Uncle got married in 2012 and all the guests stayed here and 2 guest got a little too drunk and got stuck in that dumb waiter and the fire department had to come get them out lol So crazy how much it’s changed that quickly and kinda sad 😔

This was only 2 buildings up from my uncles house

I remember having a pinewood duty race there for our cub scout troop I want to say late 90's very early 2000s I vaguely remember it till now watching your video

Wow great Hotel and Ceiling Lights!!💡💡Must've been a Beautiful Hotel at one time!!👍👍👍

I used to work right around the corner from there and passed it every day. Makes me sad to see the condition it is in, but this absolutely satiated my curiosity about what is inside!

Great video. That is an awesome hotel. The decay is amazing

My childhood neighbors family use to own this in 2012 just prior to it closing! Their dad lived in one of the rooms they had rerenovated for him!

I used to work there when it was a personal care home. So sad to see the condition it is in. The dining room and the ballroom were absolutely beautiful back then. My heart. ☹️

Good call entering during the day. No way would I explore that hotel during the night. Great footage 👍

Thanks for taking us to another great place. Sad no one could fix it. I enjoyed the video.

This looks amazing dude, doesn't seem like a location you can just walk into on the outside while in abandonedment. Something definitely had to have been busted if the place looks that damaged from the inside. Crazy

What an honor to see what once was, and now is. The outside of the Hotel does not show what lies within. All that beauty slowly dying from decay. I feel for the old Hotel. Thanks for another great video!

Interesting! Great quality

What a beautiful mess 🖤