Churchill Suite

British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the second World War. Widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders in addition he served in the British Army during WWI was a historian,  writer artist that won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Churchill visited Bethlehem Steel in 1929 and stayed at the Hotel before borrowing CEO Charles Schwab’s private railroad car to tour the US and Canada.

Schwab Café

Charles M. Schwab, a disciple of Andrew Carnegie at U.S. Steel Corporation, acquired majority interest in Bethlehem Iron Company, located across the Lehigh River in South Bethlehem. In 1904 Schwab changed the company’s name to Bethlehem Steel Corporation and assumed the dual roles of President and chairman of the board of directors. Schwab was the inventor of the “I” beam which was used to build Schwab’s vision for a grand hotel in Downtown Bethlehem in 1922.

Ford Suite

Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. A frequent guest of Bethlehem Steel Founder Charles M. Schwab and Hotel Bethlehem.

Chrysler Suite

Walter Chrysler was also an American automotive industry executive and founder of Chrysler Corporation. One of the noteworthy guests during the early days of Hotel Bethlehem along side Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.

Edison Suite

Thomas Edison was also a guest of Charles Schwab at Historic Hotel Bethlehem. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

Earhart Suite

Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author visiting the hotel as honoree of Bethlehem Rotary Club of 1928. Earhart was the first female aviator 4 years later to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record.

Heller Suite

William J. Heller, an instrumental Hotel leader in the early days of Hotel Bethlehem, and was the first President of Hotel Bethlehem Hotel Corporation from 1921 until 1933.

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