{"nrhp_refnum":"82000147","name":"Fitzpatrick Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 W. Public Square","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Wilkes County","state":"GA","lat":33.73729505400007,"lon":-82.73973925599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Other","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick hotel with ground-floor stores at 18 West Public Square, on the west side of the courthouse square in downtown Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was built in 1898 for brothers T. M. and J. H. Fitzpatrick and designed by Golucke and Stewart.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is a fine, largely intact example of a late-nineteenth-century county seat hotel in Georgia, with Queen Anne detailing that is unusual for a commercial building there. It reflects the commercial growth of Washington in the 1890s and served as a local meeting and eating place. It is also tied to the noted architect J. W. Golucke.","narrative":"Built in 1898 on the west side of the courthouse square in Washington, Georgia, this three-story brick hotel was commissioned by brothers T. M. and J. H. Fitzpatrick after an 1895 fire destroyed the block. Atlanta architects Golucke and Stewart gave it Queen Anne detailing, including a corner turret with an onion-shaped dome, two-story bay windows, stained glass transoms and embossed sheet metal garlands and swags. Stores occupied the ground floor, while guest rooms, a parlor and a dining room were upstairs. By 1900 it offered running water, electric lights and an elevator. The hotel served courthouse visitors, traveling salesmen and townspeople, and for many years housed the town's only restaurant. Business declined as automobiles became common, and the hotel and restaurant closed in the 1950s. It was recognized as an intact county seat hotel, notable architecturally for its rare Queen Anne treatment of a commercial building and historically for its role in the town's commerce and social life.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"Golucke and Stewart, Architects","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as unoccupied since the 1950s, with some crumbling plaster but remarkably good condition; the stores on the ground floor remained in operation after the hotel and restaurant closed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.227429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82000147.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000147/79e4f7058e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000147/79e4f7058e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"TampAGS, for AGS Media","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fitzpatrick_Hotel,_Washington,_Georgia.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">TampAGS, for AGS Media</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:Fitzpatrick_Hotel,_Washington,_Georgia.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001319","name":"Washington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/washington-historic-district-04001319/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209951","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16910354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/wilkes-county/fitzpatrick-hotel-82000147/"}