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The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Where Women Made History
Historic Hotels of America® | March 27, 2023
Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for promoting and celebrating authentic historic hotels, is proud to announce The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Where Women Made History list. The written histories of historic hotels are largely records of the men who built, bought, visited, and made history at these hotels. In the United States, most historic hotels were built in eras when it was uncommon, even considered immoral, for a single woman to stay at a popular hotel without a female companion or family member. When travel became easier in the 19th century with the widespread u...
The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America in Film and Television History
Historic Hotels of America® | March 8, 2023
Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the finest historic hotels in the United States, is pleased to announce The 2023 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America in Film and Television History List. The historic hotels and resorts selected for this announcement have been the settings for iconic scenes in beloved blockbusters, art house favorites, cult classics, and primetime television programs. Guests of these hotels can retrace the steps of many movie makers and film stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Alfred Hitchcock through the stor...
The Andrus Hotel Inducted Into Historic Hotels of America
Historic Hotels of America | January 18, 2022
DILLON, MT - January 18, 2022 - The Andrus Hotel in Dillon, Montana is pleased to announce it has been inducted into Historic Hotels of America®, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Andrus Hotel along with other iconic and legendary historic hotels and resorts from across the United States of America, Puerto Rico, and Washington D.C., has been recognized by Historic Hotels of America for preserving and maintaining its historic integrity, architecture, and ambiance. "We are delighted to induct The Andrus Hotel, a Renaissance-Revival architectural style hotel built in 1917 to Histori...
27 Iconic Historic Hotels Inducted Into Historic Hotels of America in 2018
February 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 27, 2019, Historic Hotels of America®, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest and most significant historic hotels, has inducted 27 historic hotels into membership in 2018. The oldest hotel dates back to the 1880s. Many of the historic hotels are adaptive reuse historic hotels that have involved converting some or all of a historically significant building to a hotel. Originally, these buildings were built for another purpose in their history. 16 of the 27 historic hotels inducted in 2018 are listed in the National Register of ...
Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide Honor 35 Hotels
Historic Hotels of America | July 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – July 31, 2018 11 hotels have been inducted into Historic Hotels of America® and 24 hotels have been inducted into Historic Hotels Worldwide® in 2018. The hotels accepted into Historic Hotels of America date from the 1770's to 1965 and include hotels located in eight states. Six of the 11 hotels are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and one has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Hotels approved for induction into the prestigious Historic Hotels Worldwide registry represent seven countries and date from the 11th century to the early 1930s. His...
Historic Hotels of America Honors Duane and Kelly Roberts with 2017 Historic Hotels of America Lifetime Achievement Award
September 12, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC— September 12, 2017, Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest historic hotels, is presenting the 2017 Historic Hotels of America Lifetime Achievement Award to Duane and Kelly Roberts, owners of the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa (1876) in Riverside, California. This prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented at the 2017 Historic Hotels Annual Awards of Excellence Ceremony & Gala on September 28, 2017, at The Omni Homestead Resort (1766) in Hot Springs, Virginia. This award is presented to individuals who...
