{"nrhp_refnum":"03000199","name":"Glennwanis Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"209-215 E. Barnard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glennville","county":"Tattnall County","state":"GA","lat":31.935231207000072,"lon":-81.92598892199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Social History","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, U-shaped brick hotel at 209-215 East Barnard Street in Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia, built in 1926 by the local firm Bacon and Rolls.","why_significant":"The hotel is argued to be a good, intact example of a locally built and owned small-town hotel, with its U-shaped plan, arched loggia, lobby and interior finishes preserved. It was built to serve tourists driving between Georgia and Florida on U.S. Highway 25, and it later became a local dining and gathering place. It is significant in architecture, commerce, social history and transportation.","narrative":"Glennwanis Hotel is a two-story, U-shaped brick building on East Barnard Street in Glennville, Georgia, completed in 1926. Local Kiwanis Club members urged its construction, and its name combines Glennville and Kiwanis. The Glennville firm of Bacon and Rolls built it on the site of the earlier Hughes Hotel, which had burned. Its front facade has a three-part arched loggia, and inside, the lobby keeps exposed wood beams, pine floors and a fireplace. The hotel was meant to lodge tourists traveling to and from Florida on U.S. Highway 25, two blocks to the west. Over time it added a dining room and became a meeting place for civic groups such as the Lions Club, as well as for dances and parties. It operated as a hotel until 1981 and later held apartments, offices and a flea market. The city bought it in 2001 with plans for community use. It was listed as a well-preserved small-town hotel and local gathering place.","period_of_significance":"1926-1953","architect_builder":"Bacon and Rolls Contractors, Glennville, GA (builders)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Operated as a hotel from 1926 through 1981, then used for efficiency apartments, offices and a flea market. Now owned by the City of Glennville, which plans to rehabilitate it for community use; the current function is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.742465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03000199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000199/e070a39237-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000199/e070a39237-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glennwanis_Hotel,_Glenview,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glennwanis_Hotel,_Glenview,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209578","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glennwanis_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/tattnall-county/glennwanis-hotel-03000199/"}