Henlopen Hotel fixes fallen facade
Nearly two years after a chunk of the Boardwalk-facing facade of the Henlopen Hotel fell off the building, the area is getting fixed.
A 45-foot-long piece of the eight-story, 92-room Henlopen Hotel fell off the building July 4, 2021. The cosmetic exterior soffit was located above a common area where people gain access to the Boardwalk.
At the time, the hotel manager said a structural engineer had inspected the property and verified that the damage was purely cosmetic, and the structural integrity is sound. This incident came just 10 days after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla.
Crews began working on the renovation project weeks ago. It’s unclear when they will be finished.
Representatives from the Henlopen Hotel could not be reached for further comment.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
