Gould Hotel

Finger Lakes


Originally a 1920s-era hotel, the downtown building has undergone a stylish renovation with a nod to the past – the mahogany bar comes from an old Seneca Falls saloon. The standard rooms are small, but the decor, in metallic purple and gray, is quite flash. The hotel's upscale restaurant and tavern serves local food, wine and beer.

Around Christmas there's a projection of Frank Capra's film It's a Wonderful Life on the lobby wall; Seneca Falls was Capra's inspiration for the small American town in the movie.


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