Oglethorpe Hotel

Oglethorpe Hotel postcard depicting the front of the hotel

The Oglethorpe Hotel, located in downtown Brunswick, Georgia, was designed in 1888 by architect J. A. Wood and named after James Oglethorpe.[1] It was built on top of the previous Oglethorpe House, which was burned during the Civil War.[2] It was constructed of brick and had three main levels. The building was capped by conical towers at the corners and in the center.[3]

In Brunswick, Wood would go on to design the Mahoney-McGarvey House in 1891 continuing his Carpenter Gothic style of design.[4] For the town of Brunswick, the Oglethorpe was a constant source of celebration and pride in southern traditions and values. It was built during a time of growing economic prosperity and increasing profits from global naval stores exports. The hotel remained in operation until 1958 when it was torn down and replaced with a Holiday Inn. Eventually the Holiday Inn would fall too and the empty lot in Brunswick's downtown would be called the "Oglethorpe Block."[5]

  1. ^ Caldwell, Wilber W. (2001). The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair : a Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-86554-748-3.
  2. ^ "St". www.jbrucehistory.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ Oglethorpe Hotel by Amy Hedrick GlennGenn.com
  4. ^ "Mahoney-McGarvey House, 1891, Brunswick". Vanishing Coastal Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ^ HOBBS, LARRY. "Oglethorpe Hotel once stood as shining beacon of Brunswick prosperity". The Brunswick News. Retrieved 2021-10-23.