Hopewell Inn Construction Updates

Updates on the construction of the new Hopewell Inn building – starting in April 2023.

== See the full set of current Hopewell Inn Construction Photos ==
== See also Runyon Farmstead construction updates – and photos ==

– Hopewell Inn Posts – History Brief – Presentation Video – Visual Tours –
– Memorabilia – Demolition – Construction –

Hopewell Inn / Central Hotel History

The original Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn building, at 15 East Broad Street on the corner of Seminary Avenue, was demolished in 2022.

It is being rebuilt as an upscale restaurant and apartments, with a historically familiar design based on the heyday of the building around the 1930s (see MercerMe article).

New design as posted on the exterior fence

The building, long known as the Central Hotel, has a nearly 150 year history as a residential home and store, bar and restaurant, and lodging and apartments.

It goes back to Sarah and Susan Ann Sexton, who acquired the property in 1875 and then operated a drugstore there.

== See the history of The Hopewell Inn / Central Hotel ==

Photos of Construction Progress

Construction of the new Hopewell Inn building started in April 2023 with evacuating the foundations for the building. The photos show progress during the following months:

May – Forms and poured concrete for the footings on the basement floor and the outer walls.
June – Forms with rebar reinforcement for the basement walls built out. Also basement underground drainage and sanitary piping.
August – Forms removed, basement walls exposed.
September – Fill dirt around foundation and under the front porch.

== See the full set of current Hopewell Inn Construction Photos ==

8/2/22 – Demolition Complete

At the end of the demolition of the building back in August 2022, the construction pit was expanded for the foundations under the new building. These photos show the view from Seminary Avenue, looking towards the Hopewell Public Library.

Final basement evacuation after demolition, Aug. 2022

April / May 2023 – Foundations

Views primarily looking from Broad Street by the Hopewell Public Library towards Seminary Avenue.

5/13/23 – Basement footings poured with rebar reinforcement placed

5/22/23 – Rebar reinforcement in concrete footings

June 2023 – Basement to Ground Level Forms

6/13/23 – Basement walls being formed with rebar reinforcement

6/29/23 – Basement walls formed ready for inspection

July 2023 – Forms & Concrete Pour

7/8/23 – Basement wall formed ready to pour concrete

7/14/23 – Basement underground drainage and sanitary piping

7/26/22 – Concrete poured in basement walls – front

August 2023 – Basement Walls

September 2023 – Fill Around Foundation

== See the full set of current Hopewell Inn Construction Photos ==
== See also Runyon Farmstead construction updates – and photos ==

Please contact us if you have more interesting photos / videos of the construction to share

More on the Hopewell Inn – 15 East Broad

The Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn building at 15 East Broad Street on the corner of Seminary Avenue was demolished in July 2022. Long known as the Central Hotel, the building had a nearly 150 year history as a residential home and store, bar and restaurant, and lodging and apartments.

Hopewell Inn History