{"nrhp_refnum":"07000190","name":"Chamberlin Hotel","other_names":["114-0114"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"#2 Fenwick Rd., Fort Monroe","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hampton (Independent City)","county":"Hampton","state":"VA","lat":37.00086671200006,"lon":-76.31287647299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Colonial Revival (Georgian-style) resort hotel on Old Point Comfort at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, built 1927-1928 to designs by Marcellus Wright, Sr. with Warren and Wetmore as associate architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is an excellent example of a late-1920s Georgian-style American resort hotel, with Beaux-Arts influence, designed by prominent Richmond architect Marcellus Wright, Sr. It was long the only resort hotel on the Chesapeake Bay and served Fort Monroe visitors. During World War II it housed military officers and their families.","narrative":"Overlooking the Chesapeake Bay on Old Point Comfort beside Fort Monroe, this U-shaped hotel of concrete frame and brick veneer was built in 1927-1928 in a Georgian-influenced Colonial Revival style. Richmond architect Marcellus Wright, Sr. produced the design, with Whitney Warren of Warren and Wetmore consulting at the request of the Vanderbilt hotel interests that helped finance it. It is the fourth in a series of resort hotels serving Fort Monroe visitors, following an earlier Chamberlin lost to fire in 1920. Facade details include arcades with Palladian-style windows, pediments with swags and wreaths, and stepped upper pavilions. For many years it was the only resort hotel on the Chesapeake Bay, reached by steamship and railroad. During World War II the Navy used it to house officers and families, and its ornate cupolas were replaced by anti-aircraft batteries. Interiors have been altered, though the main-floor dining room and basement pool retain original character. The hotel is valued as an example of a late-1920s Georgian-style resort hotel.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Marcellus Wright, Sr./Warren and Wetmore","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Georgian), Beaux-Arts interpretation","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a hotel, with good condition and altered interiors; the upper floors were renovated after 1979.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.546026-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/6810/41681095/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000190.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000190/3649bd49ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000190/3649bd49ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:KLOTZ","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHAMBERLIN_HOTEL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:KLOTZ</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHAMBERLIN_HOTEL.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000912","name":"Fort Monroe","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/fort-monroe-66000912/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681095","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chamberlin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7722033"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hampton/chamberlin-hotel-07000190/"}