Hotel Warwick Explained

Hotel Warwick
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:August 21, 1984[1]
Designated Other1 Number:121-0040
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:25th St. and West Ave., Newport News, Virginia
Coordinates:36.9767°N -76.4319°W
Built:, 1962
Architecture:Art Deco, Gothic Revival
Added:October 4, 1984
Refnum:84000044

Hotel Warwick is a historic hotel building located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1928, and is a seven-story, brick building in an eclectic Gothic Revival / Art Deco style. It features terra cotta tile ornamentation and a continuous terra cotta and brick false parapet. A two-story addition was added to the rear of the building in 1962. It was the first skyscraper, first tower hotel and first fireproof hotel in Newport News. It replaced an earlier Hotel Warwick built by Collis Potter Huntington in 1883.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Warwick . Ronald E. Shibley. June 1984. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo