The Nevele was one of the last remaining Catskill resorts from a bygone era. Sadly, last month they closed their doors.
A NJ based investment group purchased the hotel in 1997 and turned it over 3 years later to another NJ company. $11 million was spent on improvements and it’s said that the place was hopping. The financial problems were likely from failed management and not lack of business.
Ellenville has lost some major employers in the past few years and this only adds to the economic woes of the downtrodden town.
By the way, Nevele is eleven backwards because it was originally owned by 11 brothers.
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Didn’t they have a catchy little song too? I seem to remember a commercial with a song. Or am I crazy?
“At the Nevele. There’s so much to see….”
Ok, I just found the video! Gotta love that youtube.
Wow! Suddenly I’m seven again! Thank you!
Seven?! Ugh, I was already in high school when that came out.
I could be off by a decade, believe me.
I just looked at the date—I was in high school too!
Ha, ha! You’re old too. I feel better now.
Oh…my…gawd. I haven’t heard that jingle in YEARS. And now I think I’ll be singing it for days. Could be worse things.
Never knew the whole “eleven” angle…that’s total Catskill Trivial Pursuit material. We vacationed at a “resort” (kids today would hardly call it a resort but we loved it) called Eva’s Farm. It was the bees’ knees. Facebook just reunited a bunch of us this week so your post is tres timely. I’ll have to share with the kids. 🙂
I too remember Eva’s Farm with very fond memories. My Uncle Frank Carpenter would take me there in about 1960 – 61. We even stayed in Eva’s house at least on one occasion since my uncle knew Eva personally. Do you remember the Green Lantern restaurant which was across the road from Eva’s?
Saw this in a newspaper article and thought you might like to add it to your websight
(Factoid: Eleven schoolteachers founded The Nevele in the late 1800s as an idyllic summer retreat; hence, the resort’s name is “eleven” spelled backwards. Those in the New York area might know the resort from its infectious advertising jingle — “At the Neveleeeee . . . .”)