{"nrhp_refnum":"10000383","name":"George Washington Hotel, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103 E Piccadilly St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Winchester","state":"VA","lat":39.18751681800006,"lon":-78.16304853799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story, U-shaped brick hotel at 103 East Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia, built in 1924 with an addition in 1929, within the Winchester Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is a significant regional example of the Colonial Revival and Neoclassical Revival styles, with its interior and exterior integrity and most original ornamentation intact. It also served as Winchester's social hub and primary commercial hotel, built across from the train depot and tied to the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival.","narrative":"Opened in 1924 across Piccadilly Street from Winchester's train depot, this five-story brick hotel was designed by Clarence L. Harding of Washington, D.C., and built by Wise Granite and Construction Company of Richmond. It was among the first fire-proof hotels in the city and part of the American Hotel Corporation's \"Colonial Chain.\" A 1929 wing by architect Marcellus Wright gave the building its U-shaped plan. The exterior blends Colonial Revival and Neoclassical Revival details, including paired fluted pilasters at the entrance, tripartite first-floor windows with swag decoration, and a bracketed cornice. Inside, the lobby, ballroom and dining room keep plaster moldings, coffered ceilings and marble and oak floors. The hotel served as Winchester's main social gathering place and was closely tied to the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Remodeled in 1950-51 and the 1970s, it was rehabilitated from 2003 to 2008. Its architectural quality and civic role support its local significance.","period_of_significance":"1924-1951","architect_builder":"1924: Clarence L. Harding of Washington, D.C., architect; Wise Granite and Construction Co. of Richmond, Virginia, builder. 1929 addition: Marcellus Wright of Richmond, Virginia, architect; Quigley Hafer of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, contractor.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival; Neoclassical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Completely rehabilitated 2003-2008 following the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and reopened as a hotel on May 1, 2008; the building had been vacant from 1997 until its 2003 purchase.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.349595-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6841/41684140/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000383/bcb69933e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000383/bcb69933e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Joel Bradshaw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_George_Washington_Hotel,_Winchester,_Virginia.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Bradshaw</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_George_Washington_Hotel,_Winchester,_Virginia.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80004318","name":"Winchester Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/winchester-historic-district-80004318/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684140","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Washington_Hotel_(Winchester,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/winchester/george-washington-hotel-the-10000383/"}