Make way for The Rosalia, a new hotel coming to Pottsville
'We loved this building so much,' Hannah Corbacio said, 'we built our business plan around it.'
Hannah Corbacio speaks during a plans unveiling outside the Miners National Bank on Centre St. in Pottsville, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Along with her (left to right) Nick Hair and Bill and Jackie Metzinger. The former bank will become a hotel with event and conference spaces. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR)
If all goes well, Corbacio and her husband, 30-year-old Nick Hair, will open the doors of the Rosalia hotel in spring 2026.
In partnership with Bill Metzinger, owner of Metz Properties, who bought the building from Santander Bank, the Pottsville couple will operate an upscale 30-room hotel, venue space and day spa in the former bank building.
Work crews began the conversion of the 24,000-square-foot building this week.
The bank, a landmark known for the 10-foot-tall brass doors depicting coal miners at its entrance, was incorporated in 1828.
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Metzinger has renovated about 15 properties throughout Schuylkill County. This project is the second biggest after the revitalization of the former St. Francis Orphanage, now 900 Market Street apartments.
The Rosalia hotel, Metzinger said, is his first venture into Pottsville.
In recent weeks, about 30 city officials and others visited the property to offer advice and assistance.
'It's refreshing that business and investors can work hand-in-hand with the city to do great things,' Metzinger said.
On Tuesday, plans for the project was officially unveiled. After the outside program, a crowd of more than 100 assembled inside the bank's 40-foot-high lobby.
Bill Metzinger during a plans unveiling outside the Miners National Bank on Centre St. in Pottsville, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The former bank will become a hotel with event and conference spaces. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR)
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert, whose work includes the U. S. Supreme Court building, the bank's lobby features French limestone, Italian travertine stone floors and hardwood paneling and teller's windows.
State Sen. David G. Argall, R-29, Rush Twp., called attention to about $8 million invested in the city's downtown in recent years.
Pottsville city council member Andy Wollyung speaks Tuesday during the unveiling of plans for Miners National Bank to become The Rosalia, an upscale hotel. Plans call for it to include event and conference space. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR)
Projects included Alvernia University PottsvilleTowne campus, the Pottsville YMCA, Black Rock Brewpub and The Chopping Block. The Rosalia has received $450,000 from a $1 million state Keystone Communities grant Pottsville shares with Tamaqua.
'I want to congratulate PADCO, the city, Metz Properties, Hannah and Nick on their dedication to turning this dream into a reality,' Argall said.
Savas Logothetides, PADCO executive director, recognized Hannah Corbacio and Nick Hair's involvement in Ignite Schuylkill, a Chamber of Commerce business incubator program, where the initial proposal for a downtown hotel surfaced.
'They wouldn't give up, and they were stubborn about it,' he said. 'If I could buy stock in Hannah and Nick, I would.'
A banner for The Rosalia hangs during an official event Tuesday to announce plans for renovating the old Miners National Bank on Centre Street into an upscale hotel. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR)
The Pottsville couple own HC Digital Agency, an online marketing firm. Hannah is the daughter of John Corbacio of Pottsville and Rhoda Gerace of Schuylkill Haven. Nick is the son of Constance Ridge, formerly of Pottsville.
Robert S. Carl Sr., Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, said the new hotel would boost tourism in the area.
'Tourism is measured by overnight stays,' Carl said. 'It's difficult to measure it if there are no overnight stays.'
State Reps. Tim Twardzik, R-123, Butler Twp., and Jamie Barton, R-124, East Brunswick Twp., were among the guests. City Councilman Andrew Wollyung represented Pottsville, and chairman Ian Lipton represented the Pottsville Redevelopment Authority, which approved a $75,000 grant for the project.
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