{"nrhp_refnum":"97000480","name":"Williamsburg Inn","other_names":["137-0079"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"136 E. Francis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsburg (Independent City)","county":"Williamsburg","state":"VA","lat":37.26895645500005,"lon":-76.69623752493872,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large brick resort hotel at 136 East Francis Street on the southern edge of Williamsburg, Virginia. The central building was completed in 1937 to designs by Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, with additions in 1950 and 1972.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the Inn as an important work of the architects engaged by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. for the Williamsburg restoration, and as a Colonial Revival hotel modeled on early nineteenth-century Virginia and West Virginia springs resorts. It is also tied to the Inn's role in entertainment and recreation and to Rockefeller's involvement. The original central buildings form the principal basis of its significance.","narrative":"Set on a broad lawn at the southern edge of Williamsburg's restored colonial area, this resort hotel of brick and slate was completed in 1937 to designs by the Boston firm Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, hired by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to oversee the town's restoration. The architects chose early nineteenth-century Federal-period styles so the Inn would stand apart from its eighteenth-century neighbors, drawing on Virginia's hot springs hotels and the Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs. The front is dominated by a two-story Ionic portico over a ground-floor arcade, and the rear has a three-story bow overlooking the courtyard and golf course. An east wing of guest rooms followed by 1950 in matching style, and the Regency Dining Room, inspired by the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, was added in 1972. Interiors carry Federal and Regency detailing. The original central buildings form the main basis of its significance.","period_of_significance":"1937 - 1945","architect_builder":"Perry, Shaw and Hepburn","architectural_style":"Late 19th/20th-century revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Operated as a resort hotel with dining facilities by a subsidiary of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.176747-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/6841/41684132/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97000480.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000480/f9698ae96e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000480/f9698ae96e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"SKM2000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Williamsburg_Inn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">SKM2000</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:Williamsburg_Inn.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16903468"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/williamsburg/williamsburg-inn-97000480/"}