{"nrhp_refnum":"91001851","name":"St. Nicholas Hotel","other_names":["Lee Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"141 Flint Ave., 300--310 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Dougherty County","state":"GA","lat":31.58037074600003,"lon":-84.15141883399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, flat-roofed brick commercial-style hotel at 141 Flint Avenue (300-310 Washington Street) in downtown Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, built about 1906-1908 and designed by Bruce and Everett of Atlanta.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of a small, 50-room commercial hotel built near the railroads to serve rail passengers, with retail space on the ground floor. It is also a surviving work of the short-lived Atlanta firm Bruce and Everett. It is the only remaining Albany hotel of its kind, and bandleader Harry James was born there in 1916.","narrative":"Located in downtown Albany, Georgia, near the railroad lines, this three-story brick hotel was built around 1906-1908 for the firm Cruger and Pace. Atlanta architects Bruce and Everett designed it, and C. D. Smith built it. The building has about 50 rooms, a flat roof behind a brick parapet, and ground-floor storefronts along Washington Street and Flint Avenue. Its main entrance has Ionic stone columns and a tile floor inlaid with the hotel's name. Inside, original wainscoting, wood stairs and hallway layout survive. The hotel was intended for train passengers and traveling salespeople, and it is the only one of several such Albany hotels still standing. Circus performers stayed here, and bandleader Harry James was born in the building in 1916. A tornado in 1940 caused heavy damage, and the hotel reopened as the Lee Hotel. After a 1984 purchase and rehabilitation, it now serves as a transitional center.","period_of_significance":"1908-1941","architect_builder":"Bruce and Everett of Atlanta (Alexander C. Bruce; Alexander F. N. Everett); builder C. D. Smith construction company","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"After rehabilitation begun with a 1984 purchase, the building reopened as a transitional center; the steam heat system is still operational.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.449455-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/91001851.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001851/fb906a7d04-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001851/fb906a7d04-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Nicholas_Hotel_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:St._Nicholas_Hotel_2.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100012022","name":"Downtown Albany Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/downtown-albany-commercial-historic-district-100012022/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207874","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Hotel_(Albany,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85802924"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dougherty-county/st-nicholas-hotel-91001851/"}