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Oglethorpe Hotel
The Oglethorpe Hotel, located in downtown Brunswick, Georgia, was designed in 1888 by architect J. A. Wood and named after James Oglethorpe. It was built on top of the previous Oglethorpe House, which was burned during the Civil War. It was constructed of brick and had three main levels. The building was capped by conical towers at the corners and in the center. In Brunswick, Wood would go on to design the Mahoney-McGarvey House in 1891 continuing his Carpenter Gothic style of design. 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." History Grand opening On January 9, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oglethorpe Hotel, Brunswick, Ga
Oglethorpe may refer to: People *Oglethorpe (surname) Places * Bramham cum Oglethorpe, West Yorkshire, England * Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (MARTA station), a passenger rail station located in the Brookhaven neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia * Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia * Oglethorpe County, Georgia * Oglethorpe, Georgia * Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia * Oglethorpe Charter School in Savannah, Georgia * Oglethorpe Mall, a shopping mall in Savannah, Georgia * Military :* Camp Oglethorpe, a prisoner of war camp near Macon, Georgia, maintained by the Confederates during the American Civil War :* Oglethorpe Barracks, 19th century Army post, Savannah, Georgia :* Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, the town :* Fort Oglethorpe (Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia), Army base founded in 1904 :* Fort Oglethorpe, GA (Prisoner-of-war-Camp), a POW camp during World War I :* Fort James Jackson, fort built during 1808-1812 that protected Savannah, Georgia and was also known as Fort Oglethorpe Other Uses * ''Quercus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
