The George Washington Hotel
- Address: 103 E Piccadilly St
- Vicinity: N Cameron St
- Phone: 1-540-678-4700
Built in 1924 in the City of Winchester, Virginia, The George Washington Hotel was the first southern hotel in the chain of Colonial Hotels managed by the American Hotel Corporation. The five-story, U-shaped, brick, parapeted, flat-roofed building constructed on a raised basement was one of the first fire-proof hotels in the city. Sited on the corner of North Cameron and East Piccadilly Streets within the state and nationally registered Winchester Historic District, the hotel is one of Winchester's tallest buildings and the surviving grand dame of the downtown. Designed by architect Clarence L Harding of Washington, DC, the hotel showcases distinct characteristics of the Colonial Revival and Neoclassical Revival styles. These features include a grand entrance, topped by an in-set arched window and flanked by giant pairs of fluted pilasters, original windows including tripartite double-hung, wood-sash windows with swag decorations on the first floor, and six-over-six, wood-sash windows topped by concrete lintels with keystones on the upper floors. The parapet ornamentation is enhanced by a bracketed cornice, a cartouche, and rectangular panels with swag insets. The interior lobby, ballroom, and dining room exhibit many original architectural elements including door and window trim, floors, egg-and-dart plaster moldings, freestanding giant piers, pilasters, and coffered ceilings. A 1929 compatible addition, designed by architect Marcellus Wright of Richmond, Virginia, gave the hotel its current U-shape. Remodeling was done in 1950-51 to update the facility, and again in the mid-1970s when the hotel closed. The George Washington Hotel underwent a complete rehabilitation from 2003-2008 following the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and has regained its status as a grand hotel after reopening on May 1, 2008. The period of significance begins in 1924 with the construction of the hotel and ends in 1951 when the first remodeling took place. - NRHP, 10 November 2009