About
When her ailing husband got too sick to work, Elizabeth Deitz added a few rooms to her private home which was constructed in 1840, turned it into a hotel and named it the St. Rita after her patron saint in 1870.
She prayed to St. Rita to guide her into making a living for herself and her family.
It was over a hundred years ago that "Ma Deitz" started the Hotel, which she rented only to clergy. The hotel is a resting place for travelers and a landmark that many tourists return to year after year.
The lounge is filled with antique furniture, and its walls are dotted with old photographs of the hotel; the March 1962 storm; and some scenes that few people around today can remember.
The Hotel has had three owners over the years. The third and present owner remodeled according to the changing whims. Some rooms have private baths; the others have a common bath in the hall, all have running water. We preserved a lot of the old and combined some of the new.
The Hotel is on the National Registry of Historic Places, so you cannot change it completely.
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