Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel | |
Partof: | Americus Historic District |
Nrhp Type: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 125 West Lamar Street, Americus, Georgia |
Coordinates: | 32.0722°N -84.2336°W |
Built: | 1892 |
Added: | January 1, 1976 |
Increase: | September 3, 1979 |
Partof Refnum: | 76000648 |
Increase Refnum: | 79003319 |
The Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel at 125 West Lamar Street in Americus, Georgia was built in 1892 to attract winter visitors from the northeastern United States. The five-story Queen Anne hotel was designed by a Swedish-born architect, Gottfried Leonard Norrman, working in Atlanta. It featured a hundred rooms and a three-story atrium. It closed in the early 1970s, but later reopened with 53 guest rooms.
The Windsor is a contributing property within the National Register Americus Historic District. Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall gave a speech from the balcony in 1917, and the soon-to-be New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke in the dining room in 1928. Former President Jimmy Carter (born in nearby Plains, Georgia) has been a supporter of the hotel since its reopening.