Williamsburg Inn Explained

Williamsburg Inn
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 19, 1997[1]
Designated Other1 Number:137-0079
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:136 E. Francis St., Williamsburg, Virginia
Coordinates:37.2689°N -76.6978°W
Architect:Perry, Shaw & Hepburn
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:June 4, 1997
Refnum:97000480

Williamsburg Inn is a historic resort hotel located at Williamsburg, Virginia. It was built in three phases between 1937 and 1972. The original section was designed by Perry Dean Rogers Architects and is dominated by a two-story portico which stands atop a ground floor arcade. It is a three-story, seven-bay, Colonial Revival style brick structure. It has two-story flanking wings in an "H"-shape. The East Wing addition, also by Perry Dean Rogers Architects, consists of multiple wings of guest rooms set at right angles to one another. A third phase embracing the Regency Dining Room and its adjoining courtyard, was completed in 1972. The inn represented John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s commitment to bring the message of Williamsburg to a larger audience of influential Americans.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Williamsburg Inn is a member of Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[3]

The inn has twice hosted Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1957 and 2007 while visiting Jamestown, Virginia. These visits marked the original settlement of the British colonists on the 350th and 400th anniversaries when the British first landed in America.

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  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Wenger . Mark R. . January 1997 . National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Williamsburg Inn . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Williamsburg Inn, a Historic Hotels of America member . Preservation . Historic Hotels of America . March 4, 2014.