Sharon Spring, NEW YORK - Hotel Columbia - 1937:  Sharon Springs is a village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sharon Springs had a population of 483.  Its name derives from the hometown of the first colonial settlers, Sharon, Connecticut, and the important springs in the village. Similarly, Sharon Springs, Kansas was settled by former residents of this upstate New York village.  

Sharon Springs has drawn people to the area because of the Village's four different mineral waters and the water's healing qualities. The village has sulfur, magnesia, chalybeate and 'Blue Stone' springs.,  During the 19th century, Sharon Springs grew into a bustling spa, and at the peak of its popularity, Sharon Springs hosted 10,000 visitors each summer, including members of the Vanderbilt family and Oscar Wilde, who also gave a lecture at the now-demolished Pavilion Hotel on August 11, 1882. Direct ferry-to-stagecoach lines connected New York City to Sharon Springs, followed by rail lines connecting the Village to New York City, as well as to Boston via Albany.

The Columbia Hotel was built in 1935 and is on the corner of South and Center Street in Sharon Springs.  It was in operation until the late 1990s.  It was one of the most modern hotels in Sharon Springs at the time with a pool and a solarium.  The hotel was purchased as part of a package deal in 2005 by a group of Korean investors with the intent to renovate it.  However, it has since fallen into a severe state of disrepair and will need to be torn down soon.

This Linen Era postcard, published in 1937, is in good condition.  Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Chicago. No. 7A-H3135,  C. W. Hughes & Co.  Mechanicsville, N. Y.  No. 75.