Historic Hotels of America explained
Historic Hotels of America is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that was founded in 1989 with 32 charter members; the program accepts nominations and identifies hotels in the United States that have maintained their authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity.
As of 2015, the program included over 260 members in 44 of the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C..[1] By 2024, the program expanded to include 281 hotels.[2]
Membership
To be included in the program, a hotel must be at least 50 years old, designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark or listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places;[3] and recognized as having historic significance.
The program generates funds for the National Trust through commissions on bookings done through their website,[4] and from membership fees.
Current and former members of the HHA program, by state, include:
Alabama
Former members:
Alaska
Arizona
- Bright Angel Lodge & Cabins (1935), Grand Canyon
- El Tovar Hotel (1905), Grand Canyon
- Phantom Ranch (1922), Grand Canyon
- The Wigwam (1929), Litchfield Park
- Hotel San Carlos (1886), Phoenix
- Royal Palms Resort and Spa (1948), Phoenix
- Hassayampa Inn (1927), Prescott
- Tubac Golf Resort and Spa (1959), Tubac
- Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (1929), Tucson
- White Stallion Ranch (1900), Tucson
Former members:
Arkansas
- 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa (1886), Eureka Springs
- Capital Hotel (1870), Little Rock
California
- The Inn at Death Valley (1927)
- Stonepine Estate (1920), Carmel Valley
- Hayes Mansion (1905), San Jose
- Claremont Club & Spa (1915), Berkeley[15] (a Fairmont hotel).
- Palace Hotel (1875), San Francisco
- Omni San Francisco Hotel (1926–27), San Francisco, was built as the Finance Center Building, "designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer in collaboration with Albin R. Johnson"
- Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926), San Francisco
- Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square (1893), San Francisco. Includes NRHP-listed clocktower.
- Inn at the Presidio (1903), San Francisco, originally Pershing Hall Bachelor Officers’ Quarters.
- The Lodge at the Presidio (1894), San Francisco
- Cavallo Point (1903), Marin County
- Hotel del Coronado (1888), Coronado
- Napa River Inn (1884), Napa
- Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (1927), Sonoma
- Hotel La Rose (1907), Santa Rosa
- The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907)[16]
- Benbow Inn (1926), Garberville
- The Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort[17] (1946), Solvang
- Rancho Bernardo Inn[17] (1963), San Diego
- Surf & Sand Resort[17] (1948), Laguna Beach
- Fairmont Century Plaza[17] (1961), Los Angeles.
Former members:
Colorado
Former members:
Connecticut
- 1754 House (1754), Woodbury, Connecticut
- Water's Edge Resort and Spa (1920s), Westbrook. "Originating from the vision of humanitarian Bill Hahn, the resort has jovial beginnings."
Former members:
Delaware
Florida
- founding: The Don CeSar (1928), St. Pete Beach. Ten-story hotel on St. Pete Beach. Moorish Revival.
- Belleview Inn (1897), Belleair. Built for Henry Plant.
- The Gasparilla Inn & Club (1913), Boca Grande. Classic Revival.
- Colony Hotel & Cabana Club (1926), Delray Beach. Spanish Colonial Revival
- Casa Marina Hotel and Restaurant (1925), Jacksonville Beach. Spanish Colonial Revival.
- La Concha Hotel & Spa (1926), Key West. Colonial Revival.
- Casa Faena (1928), Miami Beach.
- The National Hotel (1940), Miami Beach. Art Deco, designed by Roy France.
- Casa Monica Resort & Spa (1888), St. Augustine. Moorish Revival.
- The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club (1925), St. Petersburg, overlooking Tampa Bay. Mediterranean Revival.
- The Lodge at Wakulla Springs (1937), Wakulla Springs. Built in 1937 by industrialist Edward Ball.
- The Savoy Hotel & Beach Club (1935), Miami Beach, Florida
Former members:
Georgia
- The Candler Hotel Atlanta, Curio Collection by Hilton (1904), Atlanta
- Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), Atlanta. Gone with the Wind-related, in Fox Theatre Historic District.
- Greyfield Inn (1900), Cumberland Island
- Jekyll Island Club Resort (1887), Jekyll Island
- River Street Inn (1817), Savannah. In former cotton warehouse buildings.
- The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort (1935), St. Simons Island
- The DeSoto (1890), Savannah. This is a 1968 replacement to a historic hotel that was built in 1890, demolished in 1965 or so. It is located in Savannah Historic District.[18]
- JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District[17] (1912), Savannah.
- Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown[17] (1925), Atlanta.
Former members:
Hawaii
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Illinois
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Indiana
Former members:
- The Sherman,[6] (1852), Batesville. "in the heart of historic downtown Batesville, a convenient midway meeting point between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, The Sherman is a well-loved locale for the people of the town and an important Indiana landmark." Tudor Style.
Kentucky
Former members:
- The Campbell House Curio, A Collection by Hilton[6] (1951), Lexington
- The Sire Hotel Lexington, Tapestry Collection by Hilton[6] (1916), Lexington. The Sire Hotel Lexington "on site of the former Gratz Park Inn, which is part of Lexington's beautiful Gratz Park Historic District. The location was originally the home of a family medical practice called the Lexington Clinic."
- The Seelbach Hilton Louisville[6] (1905), Louisville, in Beaux Arts style
Louisiana
- Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center (1927), Baton Rouge
- Southern Hotel (1907), Covington, Louisiana, included in the Division of St. John Historic District
- Bienville House (1835), New Orleans, converted into a hotel in 1967
- Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue (1926), New Orleans
- Hotel Monteleone (1886), New Orleans
- Le Pavillon Hotel (1907), New Orleans, an early skyscraper
- NOPSI New Orleans (1927), New Orleans, in Chicago School style. It is a Salamander Hotel.
- Omni Royal Orleans (1843), New Orleans, previously known as The City Exchange, as St. Louis Hotel, and as St. Louis Exchange
Former members:
Maine
Former members:
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Inn on Boltwood (1926), Amherst. Colonial – Colonial Revival
- founding: Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912), Boston. Designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. Renaissance Revival
- Hilton Boston Downtown/Faneuil Hall (1928), Boston. Asserted to be "Boston's first Art Deco skyscraper".
- Omni Parker House, Boston (1855), Boston. Classic Revival
- XV Beacon (1903), Boston. Beaux Arts
- The Kendall Hotel (1895), Cambridge. In Victorian firehouse asserted to be the oldest building in the Kendall Square area.
- Concord's Colonial Inn (1716), Concord. Federal.
- Crowne Pointe Historic Inn (1900), Provincetown. Victorian
- Hawthorne Hotel (1925), Salem. Colonial Revival
- founding: The Red Lion Inn (1773), Stockbridge. Federal
- Publick House Historic Inn (1771), Sturbridge
- Chatham Bars Inn[17] (1914), Chatham, Massachusetts
Former members:
Michigan
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Minnesota
Missouri
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Montana
Nebraska
- The Peregrine Omaha Downtown, Curio Collection by Hilton (1912), Omaha, Nebraska
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Nevada
New Hampshire
- founding: Omni Bretton Arms Inn (1896), Bretton Woods. "44-nation Bretton Woods Monetary Conference in 1944." Queen Anne.
- founding: Mount Washington Hotel (1902), Bretton Woods. "was the setting for the historic Bretton Woods Monetary Conference in 1944." Renaissance Revival.
- Hanover Inn Dartmouth (1780?), Hanover. On site of home of General Ebenezer Brewster. Colonial Revival.
- Eagle Mountain House, Jackson. Colonial Revival
- Wentworth by the Sea (1874), New Castle. Second Empire
- Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, Whitefield
Former members:
New Mexico
Formerly listed:
New Jersey
- Caribbean Motel (1957), Wildwood Crest. " in the New Jersey beach resort community of The Wildwoods – home to the largest surviving collection of mid-20th century commercial beach resort architecture in North America."
New York
- Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain
- The Otesaga Hotel and Cooper Inn, Cooperstown. Colonial Revival
- The Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls. Overlooking City Park on Ridge Street. Colonial Revival
- Oheka Castle, Huntington. Renaissance Revival
- Mohonk Mountain House (1869), New Paltz. Victorian
- JW Marriott Essex House, New York. Art Deco
- Omni Berkshire Place, New York City (1926), New York. "Warren & Wetmore built this historic landmark hotel in 1926. The Berkshire Hotel was purchased in May 1978 by the Dunfey Hotels Corporation, which included the Omni Hotels and Dunfey Hotels groups. The property received a $9.5 million face-lift in 1979." Classic Revival.
- Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton, New York. "Designed by Henry Hardenbergh, who also designed the Waldorf Astoria, the Plaza Hotel, and the Dakota Apartments on Central Park." Beaux Arts
- The Plaza, New York. Beaux Arts
- The Redbury New York, New York. Renaissance Revival
- The Renwick Hotel New York City, Curio Collection by Hilton, New York. Renaissance Revival
- Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn (1766), Rhinebeck
- Hotel Saranac, Curio Collection by Hilton, Saranac Lake. Colonial Revival
- Marriott Syracuse Downtown (1924), Syracuse. Originally the Hotel Syracuse, reopened in 2016 as Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Renaissance Revival.
- The Sagamore, Bolton Landing
- Blue Moon Hotel, New York, New York[17] (1879), New York.
Former members:
- AKA Sutton Place,[6] New York. Art Deco
- AKA Times Square,[6] New York. Romanesque Revival
- AKA Wall Street,[6] New York. Beaux Arts
- Hotel Skyler Syracuse, Tapestry Collection by Hilton[6] (1921), Syracuse. Occupied by the Temple Adath Yeshurun for more than 50 years, later housed the Salt City Theatre Group. Now asserted to be "the third hotel in the United States and the first in Syracuse to be certified LEED Platinum." Georgian Revival.
- Jefferson Clinton Hotel[6] (1927), Syracuse. Beaux Arts
- Castle Hotel & Spa,[6] Tarrytown. Gothic Revival
- Hotel Utica[6] (1912), Utica. "Opened as Hotel Utica in 1912, it was the premier hotel in Central New York."
North Carolina
- Haywood Park Hotel (1923), Asheville. Located in a former department store building. Classic Revival
- The Omni Grove Park Inn (1913), Asheville. Arts & Crafts, with red clay tile roof and original Roycroft furnishings and fixtures.
- Green Park Inn (1891), Blowing Rock. Queen Anne Victorian style
- The Dunhill Hotel (1929), Charlotte
- 21c Museum Hotel Durham by MGallery (1937), Durham. Art Deco. Also known as Hotel Durham, it is located in the former Durham Bank & Trust Company building.
- Pinehurst Resort (1895), Pinehurst. Includes 3 hotels, in a National Historic Landmark District.
- The Graylyn Estate (1932), Winston-Salem
- The Historic Magnolia House[17] (1889), Greensboro.
Former members:
Ohio
Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
- Omni Bedford Springs Resort (1806), Bedford. Eclectic
- Hotel Bethlehem (1922), Bethlehem. Beaux Arts
- The Sayre Mansion (1858), Bethlehem. Gothic Revival
- The Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (1968), Farmington. Located "at the center of the world-famous Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, it was once the peaceful hunting lodge of the Pittsburgh industrial titan, Willard F. Rockwell. Constructed in 1968, its immense popularity among his loved ones inspired Rockwell to turn the building into a vacation spot open to the public." Tudor Revival
- Ledges Hotel (1890), Hawley. Originally the John S. O'Connor Glass Factory. Federal
- Silver Birches (hotel) (1929), Hawley. In 13 historic structures on shoreline of Lake Wallenpaupack. Includes Colonial Revival architecture.
- The Settlers Inn at Bingham Park (1927), Hawley. Has Arts & Crafts furniture. Tudor Revival
- The Hotel Hershey (1933), Hershey. Implemented idiosyncratic vision of Milton S. Hershey. Spanish Colonial Revival
- Cork Factory Hotel (1865), Lancaster. Eclectic
- Lancaster Arts Hotel (1881), Lancaster. Eclectic
- The Inn at Leola Village, Est. 1867 (1867), Leola. In Pennsylvania Dutch Country near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Includes "five restored agricultural structures including two 19th-century farmhouses and a tobacco barn," three holding guest rooms.
- Omni William Penn Hotel (1916), Pittsburgh. Classic Revival
- Skytop Lodge (1928), Skytop. Colonial Revival
- The Nittany Lion Inn of the Pennsylvania State University (1931), State College. Colonial Revival
- Penn Wells Hotel (1869), Wellsboro. Adjacent to associated Art Deco-style Arcadia Theatre. Victorian.
- Hotel Warner (1930), West Chester, also known as the Warner Theater. NRHP-listed in 1979 as a theater; converted into a hotel in 2012.
- Eagles Mere Inn (1887), Eagles MERE became an HHA member in 2021[21] It is a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Eagles Mere Historic District,[22]
- Glasbern[17] (1870), Fogelsville.
- Morris House Hotel[17] (1787), Philadelphia.
- Historic Americus Hotel[17] (1926), Allentown.
Former members:
- Gettysburg Hotel, Est.1797[6] (1797), Gettysburg. Beaux Arts
- AKA Rittenhouse Square[6] (1912), Philadelphia. Beaux Arts
- The Bellevue Hotel[6] (1904), Philadelphia. Renovated in 2016. Renaissance Revival.
- Distrikt Hotel Pittsburgh, Curio Collection by Hilton[6] (1924), Pittsburgh. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally served as the headquarters for the Salvation Army’s Western Pennsylvania Division.
Rhode Island
- Newport Beach Hotel & Suites (1940), Middletown, "formerly known as the Inn at Newport Beach." A massive hurricane in 1938 wiped out the town's numerous beach establishments. Two years later, after the sand settled, the Toppa family decided to build a new inn on the beach, positioning the property 100 feet from the rocks and the ocean's crashing waves." Colonial Revival
- The Hotel Viking (1926), Newport, "the most recent multi-million dollar renovation finished in 2007". Viking Hotel.
South Carolina
- Francis Marion Hotel (1924), Charleston
- founding: John Rutledge House Inn (1763), Charleston
- founding: Kings Courtyard Inn (1853), Charleston
- The Dewberry (1964–65), Charleston. Mid-century modern building, originally the L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building, in the Charleston Historic District.
- Wentworth Mansion (1886), Charleston, Second Empire in style, in the Charleston Historic District.
- The Westin Poinsett (1925), Greenville
- Fulton Lane Inn[17] (1889), Charleston
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- founding: Menger Hotel (1859), San Antonio[23]
- Hotel Settles (1930), Big Spring
- The Stagecoach Inn (1852), Salado
- The Ashton Hotel, Fort Worth
- Hilton Fort Worth (1921), Fort Worth. Originally Hotel Texas
- The Statler (1956), Dallas
- The Whitehall, Houston
- Omni La Mansion Del Rio, San Antonio
- The Crockett Hotel (1909), San Antonio
- Emily Morgan San Antonio - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel (1924), San Antonio
Former members:
Utah
Vermont
- Castle Hill Resort and Spa, Cavendish
- The Middlebury Inn (1827?), Middlebury. Begun as the Vermont Hotel, a brick "public house" opened by Nathan Wood in 1827. Federal.
- Basin Harbor, Vergennes. On Lake Champlain. Eclectic.
- Woodstock Inn & Resort, Woodstock.
Virginia
- founding: The Omni Homestead Resort (1766), Hot Springs, formerly The Homestead.
- founding: The Martha Washington Hotel & Spa (1832), Abingdon. Martha Washington Inn.
- The Mimslyn Inn (1931), Luray. Georgian Revival architecture. Included in Luray Downtown Historic District.
- The Virginian Lynchburg, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913), Lynchburg
- Inn at Willow Grove (1778), Orange
- founding: The Jefferson Hotel (1895), Richmond
- Blackburn Inn (1828), Staunton, Virginia, built as Western State Hospital (Staunton, Virginia).
- Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center (1924), Staunton. Stonewall Jackson Hotel
- Airlie (1899), Warrenton. Also known as Airlie Conference Center, partly in original post office.
- Williamsburg Inn (1937), Williamsburg
- Williamsburg Lodge, Autograph Collection, and Colonial Houses (1750), Williamsburg
Former members:
Washington
West Virginia
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Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington, D.C.
Puerto Rico
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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Former members
Charter members of Historic Hotels of America no longer with the organization as of 2022 include:[25]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: About Historic Hotels of America . Historic Hotels of America . June 5, 2015 .
- Web site: Historic Hotels of America . July 15, 2024.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . June 11, 2014 .
- Web site: Lawrence P. Horwitz statement .
- Web site: Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Point Clear, AL. Historic Hotels Worldwide.
- No longer an HHA member in December 2022, per Web site: Historic Hotels of America Historic Hotels USA Historic Hotel . 2022-12-07 . www.historichotels.org .
- Web site: Downtown Anchorage Hotels | Hotel Captain Cook. Historic Hotels Worldwide.
- Web site: La Valencia Hotel: History . December 25, 2022 . Historic Hotels of America.
- Web site: Sofia Hotel: History . 2022-12-14 . Historic Hotels of America . en.
- Web site: : History . 2022-12-25 . Historic Hotels of America.
- Web site: The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa . Historic Hotels of America . 2022-12-25.
- Web site: Hotel Casa del Mar: History . 2022-12-14 . Historic Hotels of America.
- Web site: The Hollywood Roosevelt: History . 2022-12-14 . Historic Hotels of America .
- Web site: Ojai Valley Inn and Spa . . December 25, 2022.
- Web site: Berkeley Hotel. Historic Hotels Worldwide.
- Web site: The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, CA . Historic Hotels Worldwide.
- Recently became an HHA member, as of December 2022. Current membership indicated at Web site: Historic Hotels of America Historic Hotels USA Historic Hotel . 2022-12-07 . www.historichotels.org . .
- The Savannah Historic District is one of the nation's largest historic landmark districts. The historic district was designated by the NRHP in November 1966; the original DeSoto is not specifically mentioned in the NRHP nomination form.
- Web site: Landmark Inn, a Historic Hotels of America member . Historic Hotels of America . January 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202205629/http://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/landmark-inn/ . February 2, 2014 .
- Web site: The Andrus Hotel: History. . December 23, 2022.
- News: Eagles Mere Inn now one of 300 properties recognized by National Trust for Historic Preservation for 'Historic Hotels of America' . July 27, 2021 . NorthCentralPA.com.
- https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/SiteResource/H097867_01H.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Eagles Mere Historic District
- Web site: The Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX | Historic Hotels of America.
- Web site: Blennerhassett Hotel . April 5, 2020 .
- Per Web site: Historic Hotels of America Historic Hotels USA Historic Hotel . 2022-12-07 . www.historichotels.org . en. . Charter members that are not current members as of December 7, 2022, are The Admiral Hotel (1940), Mobile, Alabama; The Bellevue Hotel (1904), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Timberline Lodge (1937), Mount Hood, Oregon.