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 identifies hotels in the United States that have maintained authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity from their respective time periods.
As of 2025, the program includes 288 hotels in 44 of the 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C..
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; and recognized as having historic significance.
The program generates funds for the National Trust through commissions on bookings done through their website.
Active and former members of the HHA program, by state, include:
Alabama
Former members:
Alaska
Arizona
- Bright Angel Lodge & Cabins (1890), Grand Canyon Village
- El Tovar Hotel (1905), Grand Canyon Village
- Phantom Ranch (1922), Grand Canyon Village
- The Wigwam (1929), Litchfield Park
- Castle Hot Springs (1896), Morristown
- The Hermosa Inn (1935), Paradise Valley
- Hotel San Carlos (1928), Phoenix
- Royal Palms Resort and Spa (1948), Phoenix
- Hassayampa Inn (1927), Prescott
- Tubac Golf Resort and Spa (1789), Tubac
- Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (1929), Tucson
- White Stallion Ranch (1900), Tucson
Former members:
Arkansas
California
- Claremont Club & Spa (1915), Berkeley
- La Casa Del Zorro Desert Resort & Spa (1937), Borrego Springs
- Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (1965), Carlsbad
- The Inn at Death Valley (1926), Furnace Creek
- Benbow Inn (1926), Garberville
- La Valencia Hotel (1926), La Jolla
- Surf & Sand Resort (1948), Laguna Beach
- Fairmont Breakers (1926), Long Beach
- The Queen Mary (1936), Long Beach
- Fairmont Century Plaza (1961), Los Angeles
- The Biltmore Los Angeles (1923), Los Angeles
- The Hollywood Roosevelt (1927), Los Angeles
- Napa River Inn (1884), Napa
- Ojai Valley Inn (1923), Ojai
- The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa (1876), Riverside
- Hotel del Coronado (1888), San Diego
- Rancho Bernardo Inn (1963), San Diego
- Sofia Hotel (1926), San Diego
- The Lafayette Hotel and Club (1946), San Diego
- Casa Madrona Hotel and Spa (1885), San Francisco
- Cavallo Point (1901), San Francisco
- Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square (1893), San Francisco
- Fairmont San Francisco (1907), San Francisco
- Inn at the Presidio (1903), San Francisco
- InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926), San Francisco
- Omni San Francisco (1926), San Francisco
- Palace Hotel (1875), San Francisco
- The Lodge at the Presidio (1894), San Francisco
- Hayes Mansion (1905), San Jose
- Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows (1921), Santa Monica
- Hotel Casa Del Mar (1926), Santa Monica
- The Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort (1946), Solvang
- Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (1927), Sonoma
- Stonepine Estate (1920), Carmel Valley
- Cavallo Point (1903), Marin County
- Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (1927), Sonoma
- Hotel La Rose (1907), Santa Rosa
Former members:
Colorado
Former members:
Connecticut
Former members:
Delaware
Florida
- Belleview Inn (1897), Belleair
- The Gasparilla Inn & Club (1913), Boca Grande
- Colony Hotel & Cabana Club (1926), Delray Beach
- Mission Resort + Club (1964), Howey-in-the-hills
- Casa Marina Hotel and Restaurant (1925), Jacksonville Beach
- La Concha Hotel & Spa (1926), Key West
- Casa Faena (1928), Miami Beach
- Hotel Trouvail (1940), Miami Beach
- The Balfour Hotel (1940), Miami Beach
- The National Hotel (1940), Miami Beach
- The Savoy Hotel & Beach Club (1935), Miami Beach
- Casa Monica Resort & Spa (1888), St. Augustine
- The Don CeSar (1928), St. Pete Beach
- The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection (1925), St. Petersburg
- The Lodge at Wakulla Springs (1937), Crawfordville
Former members:
Georgia
- Ellis Hotel, Tribute Portfolio (1913), Atlanta
- Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown (1925), Atlanta
- Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), Atlanta
- Greyfield Inn (1900), Cumberland Island
- Jekyll Island Club Resort (1887), Jekyll Island
- Bellwether House (1876), Savannah
- JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District (1912), Savannah
- River Street Inn (1817), Savannah
- The DeSoto (1834), Savannah
- The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort (1935), St. Simons Island
Former members:
Hawaii
Former members:
Illinois
Former members:
Indiana
Former members:
- The Sherman, (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:
Louisiana
- Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center (1927), Baton Rouge
- Southern Hotel (1907), Covington, Louisiana, included in the Division of St. John Historic District
- Bienville House (1835), New Orleans, converted into a hotel in 1967
- Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue (1926), New Orleans
- Hotel Monteleone (1886), New Orleans
- Le Pavillon Hotel (1907), New Orleans, an early skyscraper
- NOPSI New Orleans (1927), New Orleans, in Chicago School style. It is a Salamander Hotel.
- Omni Royal Orleans (1843), New Orleans, previously known as The City Exchange, as St. Louis Hotel, and as St. Louis Exchange
Former members:
Maine
Former members:
Maryland
Former members:
Massachusetts
- Inn on Boltwood (1926), Amherst. Colonial â Colonial Revival
- founding: Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912), Boston. Designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. Renaissance Revival
- Hilton Boston Downtown/Faneuil Hall (1928), Boston. Asserted to be "Boston's first Art Deco skyscraper".
- Omni Parker House, Boston (1855), Boston. Classic Revival
- XV Beacon (1903), Boston. Beaux Arts
- Kendall Hotel (1895), Cambridge. In Victorian firehouse asserted to be the oldest building in the Kendall Square area.
- Concord's Colonial Inn (1716), Concord. Federal.
- Crowne Pointe Historic Inn (1900), Provincetown. Victorian
- Hawthorne Hotel (1925), Salem. Colonial Revival
- founding: The Red Lion Inn (1773), Stockbridge. Federal
- Publick House Historic Inn (1771), Sturbridge
- Chatham Bars Inn (1914), Chatham, Massachusetts
Former members:
Michigan
Former members:
Minnesota
Missouri
Former members:
Montana
Nebraska
Former members:
Nevada
New Hampshire
Former members:
New Mexico
Formerly listed:
New Jersey
- Caribbean Motel (1957), Wildwood Crest. " in the New Jersey beach resort community of The Wildwoods â home to the largest surviving collection of mid-20th century commercial beach resort architecture in North America."
New York
- Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain
- The Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown. Colonial Revival
- The Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls. Overlooking City Park on Ridge Street. Colonial Revival
- Oheka Castle, Huntington. Renaissance Revival
- Mohonk Mountain House (1869), New Paltz. Victorian
- JW Marriott Essex House, New York. Art Deco
- Omni Berkshire Place, New York City (1926), New York. "Warren & Wetmore built this historic landmark hotel in 1926. The Berkshire Hotel was purchased in May 1978 by the Dunfey Hotels Corporation, which included the Omni Hotels and Dunfey Hotels groups. The property received a $9.5 million face-lift in 1979." Classic Revival.
- Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton, New York. "Designed by Henry Hardenbergh, who also designed the Waldorf Astoria, the Plaza Hotel, and the Dakota Apartments on Central Park." Beaux Arts
- The Plaza, New York. Beaux Arts
- The Redbury New York, New York. Renaissance Revival
- The Renwick Hotel New York City, Curio Collection by Hilton, New York. Renaissance Revival
- Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn (1766), Rhinebeck
- Hotel Saranac, Curio Collection by Hilton, Saranac Lake. Colonial Revival
- Marriott Syracuse Downtown (1924), Syracuse. Originally the Hotel Syracuse, reopened in 2016 as Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Renaissance Revival.
- The Sagamore, Bolton Landing
- Blue Moon Hotel, New York, New York (1879), New York.
Former members:
- AKA Sutton Place, New York. Art Deco
- AKA Times Square, New York. Romanesque Revival
- AKA Wall Street, New York. Beaux Arts
- Hotel Skyler Syracuse, Tapestry Collection by Hilton (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 (1927), Syracuse. Beaux Arts
- Castle Hotel & Spa, Tarrytown. Gothic Revival
- Hotel Utica (1912), Utica. "Opened as Hotel Utica in 1912, it was the premier hotel in Central New York."
North Carolina
- Haywood Park Hotel (1923), Asheville. Located in a former department store building. Classic Revival
- The Omni Grove Park Inn (1913), Asheville. Arts & Crafts, with red clay tile roof and original Roycroft furnishings and fixtures.
- Green Park Inn (1891), Blowing Rock. Queen Anne Victorian style
- The Dunhill Hotel (1929), Charlotte
- 21c Museum Hotel Durham by MGallery (1937), Durham. Art Deco. Also known as Hotel Durham, it is located in the former Durham Bank & Trust Company building.
- Pinehurst Resort (1895), Pinehurst. Includes 3 hotels, in a National Historic Landmark District.
- The Graylyn Estate (1932), Winston-Salem
- The Historic Magnolia House (1889), Greensboro.
Former members:
Ohio
Oklahoma
Former members:
Oregon
Former members:
Pennsylvania
- Omni Bedford Springs Resort (1806), Bedford. Eclectic
- Hotel Bethlehem (1922), Bethlehem. Beaux Arts
- The Sayre Mansion (1858), Bethlehem. Gothic Revival
- The Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (1968), Farmington. Located "at the center of the world-famous Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, it was once the peaceful hunting lodge of the Pittsburgh industrial titan, Willard F. Rockwell. Constructed in 1968, its immense popularity among his loved ones inspired Rockwell to turn the building into a vacation spot open to the public." Tudor Revival
- Ledges Hotel (1890), Hawley. Originally the John S. O'Connor Glass Factory. Federal
- Silver Birches (hotel) (1929), Hawley. In 13 historic structures on shoreline of Lake Wallenpaupack. Includes Colonial Revival architecture.
- The Settlers Inn at Bingham Park (1927), Hawley. Has Arts & Crafts furniture. Tudor Revival
- The Hotel Hershey (1933), Hershey. Implemented idiosyncratic vision of Milton S. Hershey. Spanish Colonial Revival
- Cork Factory Hotel (1865), Lancaster. Eclectic
- Lancaster Arts Hotel (1881), Lancaster. Eclectic
- The Inn at Leola Village, Est. 1867 (1867), Leola. In Pennsylvania Dutch Country near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Includes "five restored agricultural structures including two 19th-century farmhouses and a tobacco barn," three holding guest rooms.
- Omni William Penn Hotel (1916), Pittsburgh. Classic Revival
- Skytop Lodge (1928), Skytop. Colonial Revival
- The Nittany Lion Inn of the Pennsylvania State University (1931), State College. Colonial Revival
- Penn Wells Hotel (1869), Wellsboro. Adjacent to associated Art Deco-style Arcadia Theatre. Victorian.
- Hotel Warner (1930), West Chester, also known as the Warner Theater. NRHP-listed in 1979 as a theater; converted into a hotel in 2012.
- Eagles Mere Inn (1887), Eagles Mere became an HHA member in 2021. It is a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Eagles Mere Historic District,
- Glasbern (1870), Fogelsville.
- Morris House Hotel (1787), Philadelphia.
- Historic Americus Hotel (1926), Allentown.
Former members:
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
- Francis Marion Hotel (1924), Charleston
- founding: John Rutledge House Inn (1763), Charleston
- founding: Kings Courtyard Inn (1853), Charleston
- The Dewberry (1964âÂÂ65), Charleston. Mid-century modern building, originally the L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building, in the Charleston Historic District.
- Wentworth Mansion (1886), Charleston, Second Empire in style, in the Charleston Historic District.
- The Westin Poinsett (1925), Greenville
- Fulton Lane Inn (1889), Charleston
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- founding: Menger Hotel (1859), San Antonio
- Hotel Settles (1930), Big Spring
- The Stagecoach Inn (1852), Salado
- The Ashton Hotel, Fort Worth
- Hilton Fort Worth (1921), Fort Worth. Originally Hotel Texas
- The Statler (1956), Dallas
- The Whitehall, Houston
- Omni La Mansion Del Rio, San Antonio
- The Crockett Hotel (1909), San Antonio
- Emily Morgan San Antonio - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel (1924), San Antonio
Former members:
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
- founding: The Omni Homestead Resort (1766), Hot Springs, formerly The Homestead.
- founding: The Martha Washington Hotel & Spa (1832), Abingdon. Martha Washington Inn.
- The Mimslyn Inn (1931), Luray. Georgian Revival architecture. Included in Luray Downtown Historic District.
- The Virginian Lynchburg, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913), Lynchburg
- Inn at Willow Grove (1778), Orange
- founding: The Jefferson Hotel (1895), Richmond
- Blackburn Inn (1828), Staunton, Virginia, built as Western State Hospital (Staunton, Virginia).
- Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center (1924), Staunton. Stonewall Jackson Hotel
- Airlie (1899), Warrenton. Also known as Airlie Conference Center, partly in original post office.
- Williamsburg Inn (1937), Williamsburg
- Williamsburg Lodge, Autograph Collection, and Colonial Houses (1750), Williamsburg
Former members:
Washington
West Virginia
Former members:
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington, D.C.
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:
See also
Notes
References
External links