Historic Hotels of America

Summary

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.

Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.[1]
The Caribbean Motel in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey[2]

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..[3] By 2022, the program expanded to include 273 hotels.[4] This article lists current and former member hotels.

Membership edit

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;[5] and recognized as having historic significance.

The program generates funds for the National Trust through commissions on bookings done through their website,[6] and from membership fees.[citation needed]

Current and former members of the HHA program, by state, include:

Alabama edit

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Alaska edit

Arizona edit

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Arkansas edit

California edit

Hotel Image Dates Location City, State Description
1 La Valencia Hotel   1926 built
1989 HHA[10] 2022 HHA still[10]
1132 Prospect Street
32°50′54″N 117°16′25″W / 32.8483°N 117.2735°W / 32.8483; -117.2735 (La Valencia Hotel)
La Jolla Spanish Colonial Revival in style, also known as "The Pink Lady of La Jolla"
2 Sofia Hotel (1926)   1927 built
2008 HHA[11] 2022 HHA still[11]
150 W. Broadway
32°42′57.5″N 117°9′51.5″W / 32.715972°N 117.164306°W / 32.715972; -117.164306 (Sofia Hotel)
San Diego
3 Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (1926) 1965 built
2014 HHA[12] 2022 HHA still[12]
33°05′32″N 117°15′54″W / 33.09220°N 117.26488°W / 33.09220; -117.26488 (Omni La Costa Resort & Spa) Carlsbad
4 The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa   1876 built
1971 NRHP
NHL 1977
1996 HHA[13] 2022 HHA still[13]
3649 Mission Inn Ave
33°59′00″N 117°22′22″W / 33.98333°N 117.37278°W / 33.98333; -117.37278 (Mission Inn Hotel & Spa)
Riverside Generally considered the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States; a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
5 Hotel Casa del Mar   1926 built
2000 NRHP
2018 HHA[14] 2022 HHA still[14]
1910 Ocean Way
34°0′23.6″N 118°29′27.3″W / 34.006556°N 118.490917°W / 34.006556; -118.490917 (Hotel Casa del Mar)
Santa Monica
6 The Hollywood Roosevelt   1927 built
2016 HHA[15] 2022 HHA still[15]
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
34°6′4″N 118°20′30″W / 34.10111°N 118.34167°W / 34.10111; -118.34167 (The Hollywood Roosevelt)
Los Angeles Oldest continually operating hotel in Los Angeles
7 Ojai Valley Inn 1923 built
1991 HHA[16]

2022 HHA still[16]

905 Country Club Road
34°26′16″N 119°15′18″W / 34.4378°N 119.2551°W / 34.4378; -119.2551 (Ojai Valley Inn)
Ojai

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Colorado edit

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Connecticut edit

  • 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."

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Delaware edit

Florida edit

 
Casa Monica
 
The Don CeSar
 
Casa Marina Hotel

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Georgia edit

 
Jekyll Island Club
 
Historic Hotels of America plaque at the King and Prince

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Hawaii edit

 
Moana Surfrider

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Indiana edit

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  • The Sherman,[8] (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 edit

Former members:

  • The Campbell House Curio, A Collection by Hilton[8] (1951), Lexington
  • The Sire Hotel Lexington, Tapestry Collection by Hilton[8] (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[8] (1905), Louisville, in Beaux Arts style

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Montana edit

Nebraska edit

  • The Peregrine Omaha Downtown, Curio Collection by Hilton (1912), Omaha, Nebraska

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Nevada edit

New Hampshire edit

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New Mexico edit

Formerly listed:

New Jersey edit

  • 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 edit

Former members:

  • AKA Sutton Place,[8] New York. Art Deco
  • AKA Times Square,[8] New York. Romanesque Revival
  • AKA Wall Street,[8] New York. Beaux Arts
  • Hotel Skyler Syracuse, Tapestry Collection by Hilton[8] (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[8] (1927), Syracuse. Beaux Arts
  • Castle Hotel & Spa,[8] Tarrytown. Gothic Revival
  • Hotel Utica[8] (1912), Utica. "Opened as Hotel Utica in 1912, it was the premier hotel in Central New York."

North Carolina edit

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Ohio edit

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Oregon edit

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Pennsylvania edit

 
Americus Hotel in Allentown
 
Hotel Bethlehem in Bethlehem

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  • Gettysburg Hotel, Est.1797[8] (1797), Gettysburg. Beaux Arts
  • AKA Rittenhouse Square[8] (1912), Philadelphia. Beaux Arts
  • The Bellevue Hotel[8] (1904), Philadelphia. Renovated in 2016. Renaissance Revival.
  • Distrikt Hotel Pittsburgh, Curio Collection by Hilton[8] (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 edit

  • 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 edit

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Utah edit

Vermont edit

  • 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 edit

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Washington edit

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Wisconsin edit

Wyoming edit

Washington, D.C. edit

 
Mayflower Hotel
 
Omni Shoreham Hotel

Puerto Rico edit

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U.S. Virgin Islands edit

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Charter members of Historic Hotels of America no longer with the organization as of 2022 include:[note 1]

Former members include:

See also edit

  •   Hotels portal
  •   United States portal

Notes edit

  1. ^ Per "Historic Hotels of America | Historic Hotels USA | Historic Hotel". www.historichotels.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.. 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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Willard Hotel". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Caribbean Motel". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "About Historic Hotels of America". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. ^ "Historic Hotels of America". Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "Lawrence P. Horwitz statement".
  7. ^ "Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Point Clear, AL". Historic Hotels Worldwide.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd No longer an HHA member in December 2022, per "Historic Hotels of America | Historic Hotels USA | Historic Hotel". www.historichotels.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  9. ^ "Downtown Anchorage Hotels | Hotel Captain Cook". Historic Hotels Worldwide.
  10. ^ a b "La Valencia Hotel: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Sofia Hotel: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  12. ^ a b ": History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  13. ^ a b "The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  14. ^ a b "Hotel Casa del Mar: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  15. ^ a b "The Hollywood Roosevelt: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  16. ^ a b "Ojai Valley Inn and Spa". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  17. ^ "Berkeley Hotel". Historic Hotels Worldwide.
  18. ^ "The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, CA". Historic Hotels Worldwide.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Recently became an HHA member, as of December 2022. Current membership indicated at "Historic Hotels of America | Historic Hotels USA | Historic Hotel". www.historichotels.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07..
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Landmark Inn, a Historic Hotels of America member". Historic Hotels of America. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  22. ^ "The Andrus Hotel: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  23. ^ "Eagles Mere Inn now one of 300 properties recognized by National Trust for Historic Preservation for 'Historic Hotels of America'". NorthCentralPA.com. July 27, 2021.
  24. ^ National Register of Historic Places Registration: Eagles Mere Historic District
  25. ^ "The Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX | Historic Hotels of America".
  26. ^ "Blennerhassett Hotel". Retrieved April 5, 2020.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • 2019 HHA directory