Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel | |
![]() Windsor Hotel façade | |
Location | 125 West Lamar Street, Americus, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 32°4′20″N84°14′1″W / 32.07222°N 84.23361°W Coordinates: 32°4′20″N84°14′1″W / 32.07222°N 84.23361°W |
Built | 1892 |
Part of | Americus Historic District (ID76000648) |
NRHP reference No. | (original) 79003319 [1] (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 1, 1976 |
Boundary increase | September 3, 1979 |
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.
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