The Otesaga Resort Hotel

Located along over 700 feet of Lake Otsego shoreline, The Otesaga Resort Hotel opened its luxurious doors for the first time on July 12, 1909. Of its beauty, a local newspaper wrote: “No more fortunate location could have been chosen for a hotel. From its windows and broad veranda, a view as charming as the Divine Hand ever painted fills the eye.” Today, this seasonal Cooperstown, New York, hotel exudes elegance in its signature Federalist Revival details, a stately wood-columned portico, and dome-capped cupola. The Otesaga (Haudenosaunee for “a place of meetings”) and its Leatherstocking Golf Course have drawn visitors for generations. The Otesaga Resort Hotel has been named to these Historic Hotels of America Top 25 Lists The 2025 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Magnificent Gingerbread Display The 2025 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Romantic Hotels The 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Magnificent Gingerbread Display The 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America® Most Historic Golf Courses The 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Literary Hotels The 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Romantic Hotels The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Magnificent Gingerbread Displays The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Magnificent Ceilings and Domes The 2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Historic Golf Courses The 2021 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Haunted Hotels