Windsor Hotel (Americus, Georgia) Explained

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.

External links