Historic Hotels of America

The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The Caribbean Motel in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, listed in the National Register of Historic Places

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 that have maintained their authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity. In 2015, the program included over 260 members in 44 states, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2022, the program includes 273 hotels.

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Membership

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; and recognized as having historic significance.

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

Historic Hotels of America plaque at the King and Prince

Casa Marina Hotel

Moana Surfrider

The Don CeSar

Mayflower Hotel

Timberline Lodge dedication, 1937

Casa Monica

Jekyll Island Club

Charter members still with the organization as of 2022 include:

• Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912), Boston, Massachusetts
• Hotel duPont (1903), Wilmington, Delaware
• John Rutledge House (1763), Charleston, South Carolina
• Kings Courtyard Inn (1853), Charleston, South Carolina
• La Valencia Hotel (1926), La Jolla, California
• Moana Surfrider (1901), the first hotel in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Morrison-Clark Historic Inn (1864), Washington, D.C.
• Omni Bretton Arms Inn, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire (1896)
• Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire (1902)
• Strater Hotel (1887), Durango, Colorado
• The Broadmoor (1918), Colorado Springs, Colorado
• The Brown Hotel (1923), Louisville, Kentucky
• The Don CeSar (1928), St. Pete Beach, Florida
• The Menger Hotel (1859), San Antonio, Texas
• The Jefferson Hotel (1895), Richmond, Virginia
• The Martha Washington Inn & Spa (1832), Abingdon, Virginia
• The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection (1925), Washington, D.C., the oldest continuously operating hotel in D.C.
• The Omni Homestead Resort (1766), Hot Springs, Virginia
• The Red Lion Inn (1773), Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Current members of the Historic Hotels of America program as of 2022, by state, include:

Alabama

• Battle House Hotel (1852), Mobile
• Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847), Point Clear

Alaska

• Hotel Captain Cook (1964), Anchorage

Arizona

• Bright Angel Lodge & Cabins (1935), Grand Canyon
• El Tovar Hotel (1905), Grand Canyon
• Phantom Ranch (1922), Grand Canyon
• The Wigwam (1929), Litchfield Park
• Hotel San Carlos (1886), Phoenix
• Royal Palms Resort and Spa (1948), Phoenix
• Hassayampa Inn (1927), Prescott
• Tubac Golf Resort and Spa (1959), Tubac
• Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (1929), Tucson
• White Stallion Ranch (1900), Tucson. A dude ranch.

Arkansas

• 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa (1886), Eureka Springs
• Capital Hotel (1870), Little Rock

California

• founding: La Valencia Hotel (1926), La Jolla
• Sofia Hotel (1926), San Diego
• Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (1926), Carlsbad
• Mission Inn Hotel & Spa (1876), Riverside. A National Historic Landmark.
• Hotel Casa del Mar (1926), Santa Monica
• The Hollywood Roosevelt (1927), Los Angeles
• Ojai Valley Inn (1923), Ojai
• The Inn at Death Valley (1927)
• Stonepine Estate (1920), Carmel
• Hayes Mansion (1905), San Jose
• Claremont Club & Spa (1915), Berkeley (a Fairmont hotel).
• Palace Hotel (1875), San Francisco
• Omni San Francisco Hotel (1926–27), San Francisco, was built as the Finance Center Building, "designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer in collaboration with Albin R. Johnson"
• Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926), San Francisco
• Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square (1893), San Francisco. Includes NRHP-listed clocktower.
• Inn at the Presidio (1903), San Francisco, originally Pershing Hall Bachelor Officers’ Quarters.
• The Lodge at the Presidio (1894), San Francisco
• Cavallo Point (1903), Marin County
• Hotel del Coronado (1888), Coronado
• Napa River Inn (1884), Napa
• Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (1927), Sonoma
• Hotel La Rose (1907), Santa Rosa
• The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907)
• Benbow Inn (1926), Garberville
• The Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort (1946), Solvang
• Rancho Bernardo Inn (1963), San Diego
• Surf & Sand Resort (1948), Laguna Beach
• Fairmont Century Plaza (1961), Los Angeles.

Colorado

• founding: Strater Hotel (1887), Durango
• founding: The Broadmoor (1918), Colorado Springs
• Hotel Boulderado (1909), Boulder
• The Cliff House at Pikes Peak (1874), Manitou Springs
• Hotel Colorado (1893), Glenwood Springs

Connecticut

• 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."

Delaware

• founding: Hotel duPont (1903), Wilmington, within DuPont Building
• The Inn at Montchanin Village (1799), Montchanin, which is distributed through 11 buildings.

Florida

• founding: The Don CeSar (1928), St. Pete Beach. Ten-story hotel on St. Pete Beach. Moorish Revival.
• Belleview Inn (1897), Belleair. Built for Henry Plant.
• The Gasparilla Inn & Club (1913), Boca Grande. Classic Revival.
• Colony Hotel & Cabana Club (1926), Delray Beach. Spanish Colonial Revival
• Casa Marina Hotel and Restaurant (1925), Jacksonville Beach. Spanish Colonial Revival.
• La Concha Hotel & Spa (1926), Key West. Colonial Revival.
• Casa Faena (1928), Miami Beach.
• The National Hotel (1940), Miami Beach. Art Deco, designed by Roy France.
• Casa Monica Resort & Spa (1888), St. Augustine. Moorish Revival.
• The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club (1925), St. Petersburg, overlooking Tampa Bay. Mediterranean Revival.
• The Lodge at Wakulla Springs (1937), Wakulla Springs. Built in 1937 by industrialist Edward Ball.
• The Savoy Hotel & Beach Club (1935), Miami Beach, Florida

Georgia

• The Candler Hotel Atlanta, Curio Collection by Hilton (1904), Atlanta
• Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), Atlanta. Gone with the Wind-related, in Fox Theatre Historic District.
• Greyfield Inn (1900), Cumberland Island
• Jekyll Island Club Resort (1887), Jekyll Island
• River Street Inn (1817), Savannah. In former cotton warehouse buildings.
• The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort (1935), St. Simons Island
• The DeSoto (1890), Savannah. This is a 1968 replacement to a historic hotel that was built in 1890, demolished in 1965 or so. It is located in Savannah Historic District.
• JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District (1912), Savannah.
• Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown (1925), Atlanta.

Hawaii

• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Kohala Coast
• Hilton Hawaiian Village/Waikiki Beach Resort (1957), Honolulu, Oahu
• The Royal Hawaiian (1927), Honolulu, Oahu
• Pioneer Inn (1901), Maui
• founding: Moana Surfrider (1901), the first hotel on Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu

Illinois

• Hilton Chicago (1927), Chicago. Beaux Arts.
• InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago. Built "in 1929 as the Medinah Athletic Club, a luxury men's club for members of the Shrine organization." Art Deco.
• Palmer House, A Hilton Hotel, Chicago. Remodeled in 2004. Beaux Arts
• The Drake Hotel (1920), Chicago. Italian Renaissance.
• The Silversmith Hotel (1896), Chicago. Arts & Crafts.
• 21c Museum Hotel Chicago by MGallery (1927), Chicago.

Indiana

• French Lick Springs Hotel, French Lick, at Pluto Mineral Springs. Beaux Arts.
• Omni Severin Hotel, Indianapolis. Beaux Arts.
• Morris Inn at Notre Dame, Notre Dame. Gothic Revival.
• West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs. "is the crown jewel of French Lick Resort's $500 million restoration." It is a National Historic Landmark.

Kentucky

• Boone Tavern Hotel of Berea College (1909), Berea
• 21c Museum Hotel Lexington by MGallery (1914), Lexington, Beaux Arts
• 21c Museum Hotel Louisville by MGallery (1800s), Louisville. Incorporates Falls City Tobacco Bank
• The Brown Hotel (1923), Louisville

Louisiana

• Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center (1927), Baton Rouge
• Southern Hotel (1907), Covington, Louisiana, included in the Division of St. John Historic District
• Bienville House (1835), New Orleans, converted into a hotel in 1967
• Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue (1926), New Orleans
• Hotel Monteleone (1886), New Orleans
• Le Pavillon Hotel (1907), New Orleans, an early skyscraper
• NOPSI New Orleans (1927), New Orleans, in Chicago School style. It is a Salamander Hotel.
• Omni Royal Orleans (1843), New Orleans, previously known as The City Exchange, as St. Louis Hotel, and as St. Louis Exchange

Maine

• The Colony Hotel (1914), Kennebunkport, also known as "The Colony", included in Cape Arundel Summer Colony Historic District.
• Portland Regency Hotel & Spa (1895), Portland

Maryland

• Historic Inns of Annapolis (1727), Annapolis. Colonial Revival
• Hotel Brexton (1881), Baltimore. Queen Anne
• Lord Baltimore Hotel (1928), Baltimore. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Beaux Arts
• Inn at Perry Cabin (1816), St. Michaels. designed by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s aide-de-camp, Samuel Hambleton. Greek Revival
• Antrim 1844 (1844), Taneytown. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Massachusetts

• Inn on Boltwood (1926), Amherst. Colonial – Colonial Revival
• founding: Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912), Boston. Designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. Renaissance Revival
• Hilton Boston Downtown/Faneuil Hall (1928), Boston. Asserted to be "Boston's first Art Deco skyscraper".
• Omni Parker House, Boston (1855), Boston. Classic Revival
• XV Beacon (1903), Boston. Beaux Arts
• The Kendall Hotel (1895), Cambridge. In Victorian firehouse asserted to be the oldest building in the Kendall Square area.
• Concord's Colonial Inn (1716), Concord. Federal.
• Crowne Pointe Historic Inn (1900), Provincetown. Victorian
• Hawthorne Hotel (1925), Salem. Colonial Revival
• founding: The Red Lion Inn (1773), Stockbridge. Federal
• Publick House Historic Inn (1771), Sturbridge
• Chatham Bars Inn (1914), Chatham, Massachusetts

Michigan

• Amway Grand Plaza, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913), Grand Rapids, originally the Pantlind Hotel
• Grand Hotel (1887), Mackinac Island
• Island House Hotel (1887), Mackinac Island

Minnesota

• St. James Hotel (1875), Red Wing
• The Saint Paul Hotel (1910), Saint Paul

Missouri

• Hotel Indigo St. Louis Downtown (1909), St. Louis
• The Raphael Hotel (1928), Kansas City
• St. Louis Union Station Hotel (1894), St. Louis, in Union Station (St. Louis)

Montana

• Many Glacier Hotel (1915), Babb
• Lake McDonald Lodge (1914), Glacier National Park
• The Andrus Hotel (1917), Dillon

Nebraska

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

Nevada

• Mizpah Hotel (1907), Tonopah, aka Grand Old Lady

New Hampshire

• founding: Omni Bretton Arms Inn (1896), Bretton Woods. "44-nation Bretton Woods Monetary Conference in 1944." Queen Anne.
• founding: Mount Washington Hotel (1902), Bretton Woods. "was the setting for the historic Bretton Woods Monetary Conference in 1944." Renaissance Revival.
• Hanover Inn Dartmouth (1780?), Hanover. On site of home of General Ebenezer Brewster. Colonial Revival.
• Eagle Mountain House, Jackson. Colonial Revival
• Wentworth by the Sea (1874), New Castle. Second Empire
• Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, Whitefield

New Mexico

• Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza (1625), Santa Fe
• La Fonda (1922), Santa Fe
• La Posada de Santa Fe (1882), Santa Fe
• Old Santa Fe Inn (1930), Santa Fe

New Jersey

• 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

• Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain
• The Otesaga Hotel and Cooper Inn, Cooperstown. Colonial Revival
• The Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls. Overlooking City Park on Ridge Street. Colonial Revival
• Oheka Castle, Huntington. Renaissance Revival
• Mohonk Mountain House (1869), New Paltz. Victorian
• JW Marriott Essex House, New York. Art Deco
• Omni Berkshire Place, New York City (1926), New York. "Warren & Wetmore built this historic landmark hotel in 1926. The Berkshire Hotel was purchased in May 1978 by the Dunfey Hotels Corporation, which included the Omni Hotels and Dunfey Hotels groups. The property received a $9.5 million face-lift in 1979." Classic Revival.
• Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton, New York. "Designed by Henry Hardenbergh, who also designed the Waldorf Astoria, the Plaza Hotel, and the Dakota Apartments on Central Park." Beaux Arts
• The Plaza, New York. Beaux Arts
• The Redbury New York, New York. Renaissance Revival
• The Renwick Hotel New York City, Curio Collection by Hilton, New York. Renaissance Revival
• Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn (1766), Rhinebeck
• Hotel Saranac, Curio Collection by Hilton, Saranac Lake. Colonial Revival
• Marriott Syracuse Downtown (1924), Syracuse. Originally the Hotel Syracuse, reopened in 2016 as Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Renaissance Revival.
• The Sagamore, Bolton Landing
• Blue Moon Hotel (1879), New York.

North Carolina

• Haywood Park Hotel (1923), Asheville. Located in a former department store building. Classic Revival
• The Omni Grove Park Inn (1913), Asheville. Arts & Crafts, with red clay tile roof and original Roycroft furnishings and fixtures.
• Green Park Inn (1891), Blowing Rock. Queen Anne Victorian style
• The Dunhill Hotel (1929), Charlotte
• 21c Museum Hotel Durham by MGallery (1937), Durham. Art Deco. Also known as Hotel Durham, it is located in the former Durham Bank & Trust Company building.
• Pinehurst Resort (1895), Pinehurst. Includes 3 hotels, in a National Historic Landmark District.
• The Graylyn Estate (1932), Winston-Salem
• The Historic Magnolia House (1889), Greensboro.

Ohio

• 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati (1912), Cincinnati.
• Ariel Broadway Hotel (1925), Lorain.
• Best Western Mariemont Inn (1926), Cincinnati.
• Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza (1931), Cincinnati.

Oklahoma

• Inn at Price Tower (1956), Bartlesville. In the Price Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
• 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City by MGallery (1916), Oklahoma City. NRHP-listed, in Albert Kahn-designed Oklahoma City Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant
• The Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City (1911), Oklahoma City. NRHP-listed as Skirvin Hotel
• The Atherton Hotel at Oklahoma State University (1950), Stillwater. Originally the "Union Club"

Oregon

• Ashland Springs Hotel, Ashland
• Crater Lake Lodge, White City
• Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown (1912), Portland. Originally the Multnomah Hotel.

Pennsylvania

• Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa (1806), Bedford. Eclectic
• Historic Hotel Bethlehem (1922), Bethlehem. Beaux Arts
• The Sayre Mansion (1858), Bethlehem. Gothic Revival
• The Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (1968), Farmington. Located "at the center of the world-famous Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, it was once the peaceful hunting lodge of the Pittsburgh industrial titan, Willard F. Rockwell. Constructed in 1968, its immense popularity among his loved ones inspired Rockwell to turn the building into a vacation spot open to the public." Tudor Revival
• Ledges Hotel (1890), Hawley. Originally the John S. O'Connor Glass Factory. Federal
• Silver Birches (hotel) (1929), Hawley. In 13 historic structures on shoreline of Lake Wallenpaupack. Includes Colonial Revival architecture.
• The Settlers Inn at Bingham Park (1927), Hawley. Has Arts & Crafts furniture. Tudor Revival
• The Hotel Hershey (1933), Hershey. Implemented idiosyncratic vision of Milton S. Hershey. Spanish Colonial Revival
• Cork Factory Hotel (1865), Lancaster. Eclectic
• Lancaster Arts Hotel (1881), Lancaster. Eclectic
• The Inn at Leola Village, Est. 1867 (1867), Leola. In Pennsylvania Dutch Country near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Includes "five restored agricultural structures including two 19th-century farmhouses and a tobacco barn," three holding guest rooms.
• Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh (1916), Pittsburgh. Classic Revival
• Skytop Lodge (1928), Skytop. Colonial Revival
• The Nittany Lion Inn of the Pennsylvania State University (1931), State College. Colonial Revival
• Penn Wells Hotel (1869), Wellsboro. Adjacent to associated Art Deco-style Arcadia Theatre. Victorian.
• Hotel Warner (1930), West Chester, also known as the Warner Theater. NRHP-listed in 1979 as a theater; converted into a hotel in 2012.
• Eagles Mere Inn (1887), Eagles MERE became an HHA member in 2021 It is a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Eagles Mere Historic District,
• Glasbern (1870), Fogelsville.
• Morris House Hotel (1787), Philadelphia.
• Historic Americus Hotel (1926), Allentown.

Rhode Island

• 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

• Francis Marion Hotel (1924), Charleston
• founding: John Rutledge House Inn (1763), Charleston
• founding: Kings Courtyard Inn (1853), Charleston
• The Dewberry (1964–65), Charleston. Mid-century modern building, originally the L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building, in the Charleston Historic District.
• Wentworth Mansion (1886), Charleston, Second Empire in style, in the Charleston Historic District.
• The Westin Poinsett (1925), Greenville
• Fulton Lane Inn (1889), Charleston

South Dakota

• Hotel on Phillips (1917), Sioux Falls

Tennessee

• The Peabody Memphis, Memphis
• General Morgan Inn & Conference Center (1884), Greeneville. Originally the Grand Hotel, later the Hotel Brumley. John Hunt Morgan was shot and fell here. Included in Greenville Historic District.
• 21c Museum Hotel Nashville by MGallery (1895) in NRHP-listed Second Avenue Commercial District.
• Union Station Hotel Nashville, Autograph Collection, Nashville. Within Union Station (Nashville), a former National Historic Landmark.
• Hermitage Hotel, Nashville. Claimed to be "the only remaining grand hotel in Nashville and the only commercial Beaux Arts structure in the state."

Texas

• founding: Menger Hotel (1859), San Antonio
• Hotel Settles, Big Spring
• The Stagecoach Inn (1852), Salado
• The Ashton Hotel, Fort Worth
• Hilton Fort Worth (1921), Fort Worth. Originally Hotel Texas
• The Statler, Dallas
• The Whitehall, Houston
• Omni La Mansion Del Rio, San Antonio
• The Crockett Hotel (1909), San Antonio
• Emily Morgan San Antonio - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel (1924), San Antonio

Utah

• Zion Lodge (1924), Springdale, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, located in Zion National Park

Vermont

• 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

• founding: The Omni Homestead Resort (1766), Hot Springs, formerly The Homestead.
• founding: The Martha Washington Hotel & Spa (1832), Abingdon. Martha Washington Inn.
• The Mimslyn Inn (1931), Luray. Georgian Revival architecture. Included in Luray Downtown Historic District.
• The Virginian Lynchburg, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913), Lynchburg
• Inn at Willow Grove (1778), Orange
• founding: The Jefferson Hotel (1895), Richmond
• Blackburn Inn (1828), Staunton, Virginia, built as Western State Hospital (Staunton, Virginia).
• Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center (1924), Staunton. Stonewall Jackson Hotel
• Airlie (1899), Warrenton. Also known as Airlie Conference Center, partly in original post office.
• Williamsburg Inn (1937), Williamsburg
• Williamsburg Lodge, Autograph Collection, and Colonial Houses (1750), Williamsburg

Washington

• Mayflower Park Hotel (1927), Seattle
• Fairmont Olympic Hotel (1924), Seattle. Originally the Olympic Hotel

Wisconsin

• The American Club (1918), Kohler. Walter J. Kohler Sr. founded it. Tudor-style.
• The Edgewater (1948), Madison. Art Deco
• Hilton Milwaukee City Center (1928), Milwaukee, built as the Schroeder Hotel
• The Pfister Hotel (1893), Milwaukee. Romanesque Revival

Wyoming

• Old Faithful Inn (1904), Yellowstone National Park. A National Historic Landmark.
• Lake Yellowstone Hotel & Cabins (1891), Yellowstone National Park
• Sheridan Inn (1892), Sheridan
• Alpenhof Lodge (1965), Teton Village
• The Wort Hotel (1941), Jackson

Washington, D.C.

Omni Shoreham Hotel

• founding: Morrison-Clark Historic Inn (1864)
• founding: The Mayflower Hotel (1925)
• Capital Hilton (1943)
• Georgetown Inn (1962)
• Hotel Lombardy (1929), converted to a hotel in 1994
• Omni Shoreham Hotel (1930)
• Phoenix Park Hotel (1922)
• Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square (1925)
• The Churchill (1906), originally a luxury apartment building
• The Graham Georgetown, Tapestry Collection by Hilton (1962)
• The Henley Park Hotel (1918)
• Willard InterContinental Washington (1901)
• Washington Hilton (1965)
• Hamilton Hotel (1851)
• Riggs Washington DC (1891)
• Melrose Georgetown Hotel (1947)

Puerto Rico

• Condado Vanderbilt Hotel (1919), San Juan
• El Convento Hotel (1651), San Juan, Spanish Colonial architecture
• Fairmont El San Juan Hotel (1958), San Juan

See also

• Hotels portal
• United States portal

External links

• 2019 HHA directory