Editing Milford, Pennsylvania (section)

==Cultural activities==
[[File:Grey Towers front facade.jpg|thumb|right|"Grey Towers," home of Gifford Pinchot]] Milford is home to [[Pike County Arts and Crafts]], an [[art education]] organization that was chosen by the [[Pennsylvania Council on the Arts]] as winner of the 2007 Pennsylvania State "Creative Community Award.".<ref>[http://www.pacouncilonthearts.org/pca.cfm?id=37&level=Second PCA – Governor's Arts Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612144112/http://www.pacouncilonthearts.org/pca.cfm?id=37&level=Second |date=June 12, 2007 }}</ref> Since 1950, Pike County Arts and Crafts has also hosted an annual art show each July in Borough Hall.<ref>[http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/PCAC/PCAC/Events.html Upcoming PCAC Events – 2009]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:Hotel Fauchere front Milford PA.jpg|thumb|right|The Hotel Fauchère, established in 1852, has hosted multiple prominent guests, including U.S. presidents and poets]] Milford's [[Hotel Fauchere and Annex|Hotel Fauchère]] has hosted multiple prominent guests since 1852, including U.S. presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and [[John F. Kennedy]], philanthropist [[Andrew Carnegie]], poets [[Robert Frost]] and [[Ogden Nash]], baseball's [[Babe Ruth]], and actors [[Sarah Bernhardt]], [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Mary Pickford]], [[Rudolph Valentino]], and [[Mae West]]. Listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1980, this hotel was restored in 2006. It has sixteen guest rooms, three restaurants and a corporate meeting facility.<ref name=chamber /><ref name=travel />

The Pike County Chess Club was founded in 2011. Games played at these tournaments are submitted for rating by the [[United States Chess Federation]] (USCF), with which the club is affiliated.