http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:21:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/24/225340/338 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/OtesagaHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Fall-Foliage-Hotels"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fallfoliagemap2.jpg" align="right"></a> <p>One of America's grand dame hotels is rolling out a special to commemorate its upcoming centennial. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Otesaga/local/1349"><b>The Otesaga</b></a> in Cooperstown, perched on the shores of Lake Otsego and a stone's throw from America's richest baseball museum, is surrounded by history and <i>is</i> history itself.<p> <p>A century old on July 12, 2009, the hotel is part of literary history (the lake is referred to as "Glimmerglass" in writer James Fenimore Cooper's <i>Leatherstocking Tales</i>); was an architectural marvel when it opened, with phones in every room and central heating, designed by the same fellows that built The Dakota in New York City; and a celebrity haunt, with baseball players like Ty Cobb, Cy Young and annie0007 2008-09-25T09:15:33-05:00 42.7036667 -74.926829 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/