The City Hotel was located on the northwest corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and 10th St. John D. Stewart bought the corner property for $460 to begin construction in 1851 with the help of Jacob Burley. The building was 60'×60', three stories, with a wide veranda running along Pennsylvania Ave. and 10th St. (Main & Juniata Sts.). The City Hotel opened in the fall of 1853. Between 1859 and 1897 the hotel had six different owners. 
    For many years, the City was one of Tyrone’s leading hotels. On summer evenings, the porch usually was occupied by traveling men and by local people who liked to watch the comings and goings at the most important corner in town. The porch indeed was a vantage point; traffic to and from the station passed there, and it was an excellent place from which to view the circus parade. 
    Due to a fire behind the hotel on July 18, 1880, the third floor of the hotel was badly burned. In 1911, the City Hotel was refused a license by the court, so the proprietor boarded up the building. About a year later, the hotel was remodeled as a business block with apartments upstairs. 
    Over the years, several businesses occupied the block until 1981, when the building became vacant. By 1998, the building deteriorated to such a degree that it had to be demolished. 
    During the summer and fall of 2001, the corner property was developed into a community plaza, thanks to the generosity of the late Charles P. Judge, who completely financed the park project. The plaza took on the name of City Hotel Park, complete with a town clock and a porch so as to be sure that we all remember the description of the veranda of the original City Hotel, shown below in an old postcard view of W. 10th St.