Raleigh Hotel (South Fallsburg, New York)

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The Raleigh Hotel was a resort hotel in South Fallsburg, New York, within the Borscht Belt region of the Catskill Mountains.

The hotel was established in 1937 as a popular kosher destination mostly catering to Jewish (observant and non-observant) travelers, as well as other religions.New York, Volume 20, Issues 21-26 Situated on {{convert|200|acre}} of land in Upstate New York's Borscht Belt, located roughly {{convert|90|mi}} from New York City and just outside the village of Monticello, the Raleigh hosted many popular entertainers of the day such as Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Mason, Milton Berle, Totie Fields, Eddie Fisher, Andy Gibb, Chubby Checker, and Rodney Dangerfield.{{cite news|title=Raleigh Hotel Owner Passes Away|work=Sullivan County Democrat|date=June 4, 2004|url=http://www.scdemocratonline.com/archives/2004/news/06June/04/mannie.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123131642/http://www.scdemocratonline.com/archives/2004/news/06June/04/mannie.html|archive-date=January 23, 2018}}{{cite news|title=Guests May Be Lacking, but Not Spirit|work=The New York Times|date=September 19, 2004|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/nyregion/guests-may-be-lacking-but-not-spirit.html}} For many decades, Barry Frank was the Master of Ceremonies at the resort.

Raleigh Hotel co-owner George Gilbert died in 1988.{{cite news|title=George Gilbert, Hotel Owner, 66|work=The New York Times|date=March 24, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/24/obituaries/george-gilbert-hotel-owner-66.html}} The widower of George's sister Nettie Halbert, The Raleigh Hotel's other longtime owner Mannie Halbert, died in 2004. A court battle over Mr. Halbert's estate between his two daughters, Matter of Halbert, was settled in Sullivan County, New York Court in 2010.{{cite court|litigants=Matter of Halbert|court=Sullivan County New York Court|date=2010|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2010/2010-51583.html}}

The Raleigh temporarily closed in December 2005 and then reopened the following year under new ownership, as a retreat for mainly Orthodox Jews.{{cite news|title=Group looking to revive old Raleigh hotel|work=Times Herald-Record|date=November 5, 2011|url=http://www.recordonline.com/article/20111105/BIZ/111050313|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407211102/https://www.recordonline.com/article/20111105/BIZ/111050313|archive-date=April 7, 2019}} As of 2024, its new name is the HCS Resort.{{cite web|title=HCS Resort|website=HCS Resort|url=https://hcsresort.com/}}