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A third hotel, baring the name, The George Washington Hotel, is located in historic downtown Winchester, Virginia. Built in 1924 by The American Hotel Corporation, as part of there "Colonial Chain" of hotels. Like many hotels of the era, the property was built in close proximety of a B&O train station and was constructed to provide lodging to railroad passengers. |
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Originally the five story hotel was built in an "L-shape," with a rear once-story kitchen wing. It contained 102 rooms and 45 baths. The lowest level contained a barber-shop, cafeteria, candy shop and men's funishing shop. In 1929 and additional wing was added to the hotel, which provided 50 more guestrooms. |
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In 1950 the property was remodeled to include a Howard Johnson's restaurant. |
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The property remained a vital part of downtown Winchester, Virginia and has in the past been home to the headquarters of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Over the years, a number of notable people have stayed at The George Washington Hotel. Guests have include Lucille Ball and Jack Dempsey among many others. |
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With the construction of interstate highways and widespread availability of motor cars, railroad travel begin to decline. Undoubtedly, this change in travel, contributed to the closing of the property in 1978. |
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It was then operated as The George Washington Home from Adults from 1978 to 1993. In 1993. The property then lay vacant until 2004. That year it was purchased and renovation work began which lasted until, the property reopened in April 2008. The property has undergone a complete renovation and revitalization. It now includes 90 guestrooms, an indoor pool and hottub, fitness room and restaurant, The Dancing Goat. It operates under the name The George Washington Hotel~ A Wyndham Historic Hotel. The property contains all the amenities of today, while capturing the historical elements which make it so unique. |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Defunct hotels of the United States]] |
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[[Category:Hotels in Manhattan]] |
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[[Category:Apartments in New York City]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Washington County, Pennsylvania]] |
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Revision as of 04:48, 25 April 2010
There are two notable references to George Washington Hotel. One located in New York, the other in Washington, Pennsylvania.
The George Washington Hotel in New York was a hotel and boarding house located at 23 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, NY. The building was occupied by many famous writers, musicians, and poets including W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood who lived there in the 1930s.
In the late 1960s, Minoru Yamasaki and a team of architects drafted the early plans for the World Trade Center in a suite at the George Washington. From 1975 until his death in 1979 Al Hodge, who played Captain Video in the popular children's 1950s TV series, lived in an inexpensive rental unit in the hotel. In the 1990s Dee Dee Ramone occupied a room there, as did playwright Jeffrey Stanley.
The George Washington Hotel in New York City's Gramercy Park District was opened in 1928. In 1939 the poet W. H. Auden stayed at this hotel, calling it "much the nicest hotel in town", another famous resident was writer Christopher Isherwood. For a period of time the building was closed and possible destruction of the building was prevented via the local historical society. The hotel was re-opened with space purchased by not-for-profit Educational Housing Services ([1]) in the mid-90s during the city's rebirth. All of the space is currently under lease through the School of Visual Arts except for a few apartments still occupied by non-student original tenants. These tenants live in the building and pay monthly rent at low rates, as they are still protected under NYC single-room rent laws for permanent occupant evictions or rent increase. (article) The history of the George Washington Hotel involves at one time being a brothel and once a bootlegging house during Prohibition. During the 1980s, the hotel received several instances of police activity, which in all fairness was common for B-Class hotels during this era. Two of these instances can be viewed via NY TIMES archives. 1 2