Historic Hotels of America is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that was founded in 1989 with 32 charter members; the program accepts nominations and identifies hotels in the United States that have maintained their authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity.

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Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.[1]
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The Caribbean Motel in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey[2]

As of 2015, the program included over 260 members in 44 of the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C..[3] By 2024, the program expanded to include 281 hotels.[4]

Membership

To be included in the program, a hotel must be at least 50 years old, designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark or listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places;[5] and recognized as having historic significance.

The program generates funds for the National Trust through commissions on bookings done through their website,[6] and from membership fees.[citation needed]

Current and former members of the HHA program, by state, include:

Alabama

Former members:

Alaska

Arizona

Former members:

Arkansas

California

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Hotel Image Dates Location City, State Description
1 La Valencia Hotel Thumb 1926 built
1989 HHA[10] 2022 HHA still[10]
1132 Prospect Street
32.8483°N 117.2735°W / 32.8483; -117.2735 (La Valencia Hotel)
La Jolla Spanish Colonial Revival in style, also known as "The Pink Lady of La Jolla"
2 Sofia Hotel (1926) Thumb 1927 built
2008 HHA[11] 2022 HHA still[11]
150 W. Broadway
32°42′57.5″N 117°9′51.5″W
San Diego
3 Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (1926) 1965 built
2014 HHA[12] 2022 HHA still[12]
33.09220°N 117.26488°W / 33.09220; -117.26488 (Omni La Costa Resort & Spa) Carlsbad
4 The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Thumb 1876 built
1971 NRHP
NHL 1977
1996 HHA[13] 2022 HHA still[13]
3649 Mission Inn Ave
33°59′00″N 117°22′22″W
Riverside Generally considered the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States; a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
5 Hotel Casa del Mar Thumb 1926 built
2000 NRHP
2018 HHA[14] 2022 HHA still[14]
1910 Ocean Way
34°0′23.6″N 118°29′27.3″W
Santa Monica
6 The Hollywood Roosevelt Thumb 1927 built
2016 HHA[15] 2022 HHA still[15]
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
34°6′4″N 118°20′30″W
Los Angeles Oldest continually operating hotel in Los Angeles
7 Ojai Valley Inn 1923 built
1991 HHA[16]

2022 HHA still[16]

905 Country Club Road
34.4378°N 119.2551°W / 34.4378; -119.2551 (Ojai Valley Inn)
Ojai
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Colorado

Former members:

Connecticut

  • 1754 House (1754), Woodbury, Connecticut
  • Water's Edge Resort and Spa (1920s), Westbrook. "Originating from the vision of humanitarian Bill Hahn, the resort has jovial beginnings."

Former members:

Delaware

Florida

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Casa Monica
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The Don CeSar
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Casa Marina Hotel

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Georgia

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Jekyll Island Club
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Historic Hotels of America plaque at the King and Prince

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Hawaii

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Moana Surfrider

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Illinois

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Indiana

Former members:

  • The Sherman,[8] (1852), Batesville. "in the heart of historic downtown Batesville, a convenient midway meeting point between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, The Sherman is a well-loved locale for the people of the town and an important Indiana landmark." Tudor Style.

Kentucky

Former members:

  • The Campbell House Curio, A Collection by Hilton[8] (1951), Lexington
  • The Sire Hotel Lexington, Tapestry Collection by Hilton[8] (1916), Lexington. The Sire Hotel Lexington "on site of the former Gratz Park Inn, which is part of Lexington's beautiful Gratz Park Historic District. The location was originally the home of a family medical practice called the Lexington Clinic."
  • The Seelbach Hilton Louisville[8] (1905), Louisville, in Beaux Arts style

Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

Missouri

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Montana

Nebraska

  • The Peregrine Omaha Downtown, Curio Collection by Hilton (1912), Omaha, Nebraska

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Nevada

New Hampshire

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New Mexico

Formerly listed:

New Jersey

  • Caribbean Motel (1957), Wildwood Crest. " in the New Jersey beach resort community of The Wildwoods – home to the largest surviving collection of mid-20th century commercial beach resort architecture in North America."

New York

Former members:

  • AKA Sutton Place,[8] New York. Art Deco
  • AKA Times Square,[8] New York. Romanesque Revival
  • AKA Wall Street,[8] New York. Beaux Arts
  • Hotel Skyler Syracuse, Tapestry Collection by Hilton[8] (1921), Syracuse. Occupied by the Temple Adath Yeshurun for more than 50 years, later housed the Salt City Theatre Group. Now asserted to be "the third hotel in the United States and the first in Syracuse to be certified LEED Platinum." Georgian Revival.
  • Jefferson Clinton Hotel[8] (1927), Syracuse. Beaux Arts
  • Castle Hotel & Spa,[8] Tarrytown. Gothic Revival
  • Hotel Utica[8] (1912), Utica. "Opened as Hotel Utica in 1912, it was the premier hotel in Central New York."

North Carolina

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Ohio

Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Americus Hotel in Allentown
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Hotel Bethlehem in Bethlehem

Former members:

  • Gettysburg Hotel, Est.1797[8] (1797), Gettysburg. Beaux Arts
  • AKA Rittenhouse Square[8] (1912), Philadelphia. Beaux Arts
  • The Bellevue Hotel[8] (1904), Philadelphia. Renovated in 2016. Renaissance Revival.
  • Distrikt Hotel Pittsburgh, Curio Collection by Hilton[8] (1924), Pittsburgh. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally served as the headquarters for the Salvation Army’s Western Pennsylvania Division.

Rhode Island

  • Newport Beach Hotel & Suites (1940), Middletown, "formerly known as the Inn at Newport Beach." A massive hurricane in 1938 wiped out the town's numerous beach establishments. Two years later, after the sand settled, the Toppa family decided to build a new inn on the beach, positioning the property 100 feet from the rocks and the ocean's crashing waves." Colonial Revival
  • The Hotel Viking (1926), Newport, "the most recent multi-million dollar renovation finished in 2007". Viking Hotel.

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Former members:

Utah

Vermont

  • Castle Hill Resort and Spa, Cavendish
  • The Middlebury Inn (1827?), Middlebury. Begun as the Vermont Hotel, a brick "public house" opened by Nathan Wood in 1827. Federal.
  • Basin Harbor, Vergennes. On Lake Champlain. Eclectic.
  • Woodstock Inn & Resort, Woodstock.

Virginia

Former members:

Washington

West Virginia

Former members:

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Washington, D.C.

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Mayflower Hotel
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Omni Shoreham Hotel

Puerto Rico

Former members:

U.S. Virgin Islands

Former members:

Former members

Charter members of Historic Hotels of America no longer with the organization as of 2022 include:[note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. Per "Historic Hotels of America | Historic Hotels USA | Historic Hotel". www.historichotels.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.. Charter members that are not current members as of December 7, 2022, are The Admiral Hotel (1940), Mobile, Alabama; The Bellevue Hotel (1904), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Timberline Lodge (1937), Mount Hood, Oregon.

References

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