- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Windsor Hotel
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Norrman, Gottfried Leonard, -1909
Windsor, John T., 1847-1930 - Date of Original:
- 1960/2000
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Sumter County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Sumter County
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Sumter County
Queen Anne revival (Architecture)
Historic hotels--Georgia--Americus Hotel Windsor (Americus, Ga.)
Historic buildings--Georgia--Americus
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- color slides
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Five-story Queen Anne hotel built in 1892 to attract winter visitors from the north. The building, which defines eclectic Victorian and gracious Southern elegance, opened on June 16, 1892. Thousands attended the grand opening. The building was designed by noted Swedish architect Gottfried L. Norrman of Atlanta and was named for successful capitalist John T. Windsor (1847-1930), a native of neighboring Webster County. The hotel closed its doors in 1974, but underwent a more than $5 million renovation and reopened in September 1991. Among the hotel's most notable guests: Franklin D. Roosevelt; John Dillinger; William Jennings Bryan; Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy; and President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter. When the hotel first opened, it held 100 rooms. Today it has 53 period rooms today. Variant names include: Windsor Hotel. See ref # 76000648 (Americus Historic District) and ref # 79003319 (Americus Historic District (Boundary Increase)) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_501
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_501#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_501/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
