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The 2022 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence Ceremony and Gala will take place at Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa in Point Clear, Alabama on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 7 pm. The award winners will be announced in front of an audience of owners, general managers, senior decision-makers, and guests representing many of the finest historic hotels from across the United States of America and from around the world. The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847) has been known as The Queen of Southern Resorts for 175 years and is set on 550 acres next to Mobile Bay.

Nominee finalists are selected from nominations received from historic hotels, preservation supporters, prior award recipients, community leaders, and leadership from Historic Hotels of America. As an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Hotels of America provides the recognition to travelers, civic leaders, and the global cultural, heritage, and historic travel market that member hotels are among the finest historic hotels from across the United States of America. The Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence program recognizes the pinnacle of this distinct group of nominees in a range of categories.
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L-to-R / T-to-B: Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Seattle, WA), Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (Point Clear, AL),
Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (Tucson, AZ), Morris House Hotel (Philadelphia, PA),
Old Faithful Inn (Yellowstone NP, WY) and The Omni Grove Park Inn (Asheville, NC)

From more than 350 nominations received, the awards committee evaluated and after careful consideration selected the following 2022 Historic Hotels of America Awards of Excellence nominee finalists:

Historic Hotels of America New Member of the Year Nominee Finalists

• Morris House Hotel (1787) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Hamilton Hotel (1851) Washington, District of Columbia
• Blue Moon Hotel (1879) New York, New York
• Fulton Lane Inn (1889) Charleston, South Carolina
• The Mansion at Ocean Edge (1907) Brewster, Massachusetts
• Hotel Indigo St. Louis Downtown (1908) St. Louis, Missouri
• The Peregrine Omaha Downtown, Curio Collection by Hilton (1912) Omaha, Nebraska
• The Andrus Hotel (1917) Dillon, Montana
• Ariel Broadway Hotel (1925) Lorain, Ohio
• Old Santa Fe Inn (1930) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Fairmont El San Juan Hotel (1958) San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Fairmont Century Plaza (1961) Los Angeles, California

• Inn at Perry Cabin (1816) St. Michaels, Maryland
• The Blackburn Inn and Conference Center (1828) Staunton, Virginia
• Island House Hotel (1852) Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Shady Villa Hotel (1852) Salado, Texas
• Mohonk Mountain House (1869) New Paltz, New York
• The Peabody Memphis (1869) Memphis, Tennessee
• Palmer House®, A Hilton Hotel (1871) Chicago, Illinois
• Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel (1875) San Francisco, California
• St. James Hotel MN (1875) Red Wing, Minnesota
• 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa (1886) Eureka Springs, Arkansas
• Ledges Hotel (1890) Hawley, Pennsylvania
• Airlie (1899) Warrenton, Virginia
• The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
• Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912) Boston, Massachusetts
• HOTEL DU PONT (1913) Wilmington, Delaware
• Chatham Bars Inn (1914) Chatham, Massachusetts
• Bear Mountain Inn (1915) Bear Mountain, New York
• La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Fairmont Olympic Hotel (1924) Seattle, Washington
• The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection (1925) Washington, District of Columbia
• La Valencia Hotel (1926) La Jolla, California
• Skytop Lodge (1928) Skytop, Pennsylvania
• The Wigwam (1929) Litchfield Park, Arizona

• Shady Villa Hotel (1852) Salado, Texas
• The Inn at Leola Village, Est. 1867 (1867) Leola, Pennsylvania
• Riggs Washington DC (1891) Washington, District of Columbia
• Presidio Lodging: Inn at the Presidio (1903) and The Lodge at the Presidio (1895) San Francisco, California
• Cavallo Point (1901) San Francisco, California
• Old Faithful Inn (1904) Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• The Omni Grove Park Inn (1913) Asheville, North Carolina
• Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel (1915) Berkeley, California
• The American Club (1918) Kohler, Wisconsin
• Colony Hotel & Cabana Club (1926) Delray Beach, Florida
• InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926) San Francisco, California
• The Settlers Inn at Bingham Park (1927) Hawley, Pennsylvania
• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (1964) Kohala Coast, Hawaii

• Morris House Hotel (1787) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Inn at Montchanin Village (1799) Wilmington, Delaware
• The Middlebury Inn (1827) Middlebury, Vermont
• Antrim 1844 (1844) Taneytown, Maryland
• Shady Villa Hotel (1852) Salado, Texas
• The Sayre Mansion (1858) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• The Inn at Leola Village, Est. 1867 (1867) Leola, Pennsylvania
• St. James Hotel MN (1875) Red Wing, Minnesota
• General Morgan Inn & Conference Center (1884) Greeneville, Tennessee
• Napa River Inn (1884) Napa, California
• Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square (1893) San Francisco, California
• The Lodge at the Presidio (1895) San Francisco, California
• Inn at the Presidio (1903) San Francisco, California
• Bear Mountain Inn (1915) Bear Mountain, New York
• The Ashton Hotel (1915) Fort Worth, Texas
• The Inn at Death Valley (1926) Death Valley National Park, California
• Hassayampa Inn (1927) Prescott, Arizona
• The Dunhill Hotel (1929) Charlotte, North Carolina
• Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (1929) Tucson, Arizona
• Williamsburg Inn (1937) Williamsburg, Virginia 
• The Wort Hotel (1941) Jackson, Wyoming

• Historic Inns of Annapolis (1772) Annapolis, Maryland
• 21c Museum Hotel Louisville (1800) Louisville, Kentucky
• Inn at Perry Cabin (1816) St. Michaels, Maryland
• Island House Hotel (1852) Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Cork Factory Hotel (1865) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• La Posada de Santa Fe, a Tribute Portfolio Resort & Spa (1882) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Basin Harbor (1886) Vergennes, Vermont
• Jekyll Island Club Resort (1886) Jekyll Island, Georgia
• Riggs Washington DC (1891) Washington, District of Columbia
• Hotel Colorado (1893) Glenwood Springs, Colorado
• Airlie (1899) Warrenton, Virginia 
• Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• The Otesaga Hotel (1909) Cooperstown, New York
• The Hermitage Hotel (1910) Nashville, Tennessee
• The Virginian Lynchburg, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913) Lynchburg, Virginia
• Historic Hotel Bethlehem (1922) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• La Valencia Hotel (1926) La Jolla, California
• Skytop Lodge (1928) Skytop, Pennsylvania
• Surf & Sand Resort (1948) Laguna Beach, California
• The Statler (1956) Dallas, Texas
• The Dewberry (1965) Charleston, South Carolina

• Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa (1806) Bedford, Pennsylvania
• Omni Royal Orleans, New Orleans (1843) New Orleans, Louisiana
• Omni La Mansión del Rio, San Antonio (1852) San Antonio, Texas
• Mohonk Mountain House (1869) New Paltz, New York
• Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan
• The Pfister Hotel (1893) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods (1902) Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
• The Candler Hotel Atlanta, Curio Collection by Hilton (1904) Atlanta, Georgia
• Le Pavillon Hotel (1907) New Orleans, Louisiana
• HOTEL DU PONT (1913) Wilmington, Delaware
• Chatham Bars Inn (1914) Chatham, Massachusetts
• Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel (1915) Berkeley, California
• Hilton Fort Worth (1921) Fort Worth, Texas
• The Brown Hotel (1923) Louisville, Kentucky
• Francis Marion Hotel (1924) Charleston, South Carolina
• The Westin Poinsett (1925) Greenville, South Carolina
• InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926) San Francisco, California
• Omni San Francisco Hotel (1926) San Francisco, California
• Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (1927) Sonoma, California
• The Don CeSar (1928) St. Pete Beach, Florida
• The Wigwam (1929) Litchfield Park, Arizona
• The Hotel Hershey® (1933) Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Williamsburg Lodge, Autograph Collection (1937) Williamsburg, Virginia
• Rancho Bernardo Inn (1963) San Diego, California
• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (1964) Kohala Coast, Hawaii

• The Omni Homestead Resort (1766) Hot Springs, Virginia
• Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847) Point Clear, Alabama
• Omni Parker House, Boston (1855) Boston, Massachusetts
• Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel (1875) San Francisco, California
• Hotel del Coronado (1888) Coronado, California
• Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa (1901) Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
• The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
• Amway Grand Plaza, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913) Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh (1916) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• The Broadmoor (1918) Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Fairmont Olympic Hotel (1924) Seattle, Washington 
• The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection (1925) Washington, District of Columbia
• Hilton Chicago (1927) Chicago, Illinois
• Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC (1930) Washington, District of Columbia
• Fairmont Century Plaza (1961) Los Angeles, California

• Omni La Mansión del Rio, San Antonio (1852) San Antonio, Texas
• Omni Parker House, Boston (1855) Boston, Massachusetts
• The Peabody Memphis (1869) Memphis, Tennessee
• Palmer House®, A Hilton Hotel (1871) Chicago, Illinois
• St. James Hotel MN (1875) Red Wing, Minnesota
• General Morgan Inn & Conference Center (1884) Greeneville, Tennessee
• Riggs Washington DC (1891) Washington, District of Columbia
• The Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton (1896) New York, New York
• The Candler Hotel Atlanta, Curio Collection by Hilton (1904) Atlanta, Georgia
• The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
• Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• Amway Grand Plaza, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913) Grand Rapids, Michigan
• HOTEL DU PONT (1913) Wilmington, Delaware
• The Virginian Lynchburg, Curio Collection by Hilton (1913) Lynchburg, Virginia
• Historic Hotel Bethlehem (1922) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• The Brown Hotel (1923) Louisville, Kentucky
• Francis Marion Hotel (1924) Charleston, South Carolina
• The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection (1925) Washington, District of Columbia
• InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926) San Francisco, California
• Hilton Chicago (1927) Chicago, Illinois
• Hilton Milwaukee City Center (1928) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• The Dunhill Hotel (1929) Charlotte, North Carolina
• Fairmont Century Plaza (1961) Los Angeles, California
• The Dewberry (1965) Charleston, South Carolina

• The Omni Homestead Resort (1766) Hot Springs, Virginia
• Inn at Perry Cabin (1816) St. Michaels, Maryland
• Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847) Point Clear, Alabama
• Basin Harbor (1886) Vergennes, Vermont
• Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Airlie (1899) Warrenton, Virginia
• French Lick Resort: French Lick Springs Hotel (1845) French Lick, Indiana and West Baden Springs Hotel (1902) West Baden Springs, Indiana 
• Castle Hill Resort and Spa (1905) Cavendish, Vermont
• The Omni Grove Park Inn (1913) Asheville, North Carolina
• Bear Mountain Inn (1915) Bear Mountain, New York
• Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel (1915) Berkeley, California
• The Broadmoor (1918) Colorado Springs, Colorado
• La Valencia Hotel (1926) La Jolla, California
• Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (1927) Sonoma, California
• Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (1929) Tucson, Arizona
• The Wigwam (1929) Litchfield Park, Arizona
• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (1964) Kohala Coast, Hawaii
• Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (1965) Carlsbad, California

• Jerry Morris at Morris House Hotel (1787) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Richard and Dorothy Mollett at Antrim 1844 (1844) Taneytown, Maryland
• Susan Stein at Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847) Point Clear, Alabama
• Susan Wilson at Omni Parker House (1855) Boston, Massachusetts
• Nell Boucher at Mohonk Mountain House (1869) New Paltz, New York
• Bob Beach Jr. Basin Harbor (1886) Vergennes, Vermont
• Bob Tagatz at Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Gina Petrone at Hotel del Coronado (1888) Coronado, California
• Tom Wolfe at The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
• Ed Pulsifer at La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Michael Pace at InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926) San Francisco, California

• Jefferson’s Restaurant at The Omni Homestead Resort (1766) Hot Springs, Virginia
• The Smokehouse Restaurant at Antrim 1844 (1844) Taneytown, Maryland
• Main Dining Room at Mohonk Mountain House (1869) New Paltz, New York
• Chez Philippe at The Peabody Memphis (1869) Memphis, Tennessee
• The Garden Court Restaurant at Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel (1875) San Francisco, California
• Brumley’s Restaurant & Lounge at General Morgan Inn & Conference Center (1884) Greeneville, Tennessee
• Grand Dining Room at Jekyll Island Club Resort (1886) Jekyll Island, Georgia
• Woods Restaurant at Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Café Riggs at Riggs Washington DC (1891) Washington, District of Columbia
• By George at The Candler Hotel Atlanta, Curio Collection by Hilton (1904) Atlanta, Georgia
• Tonga Room at The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
• Spruce Farm & Fish at Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• OAK Long Bar + Kitchen at Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912) Boston, Massachusetts
• Limewood Bar & Restaurant at Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel (1915) Berkeley, California
• La Plazuela at La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• The English Grill at The Brown Hotel (1923) Louisville, Kentucky
• The George at Fairmont Olympic Hotel (1924) Seattle, Washington
• Swamp Fox Restaurant at Francis Marion Hotel (1924) Charleston, South Carolina
• Edgar Bar & Kitchen at The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection (1925) Washington, District of Columbia
• Peacock Room at Hassayampa Inn (1927) Prescott, Arizona
• The Grill at Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (1929) Tucson, Arizona
• The Asbury at The Dunhill Hotel (1929) Charlotte, North Carolina
• Litchfield’s at The Wigwam (1929) Litchfield Park, Arizona

• Sam Sealy at Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (1847) Point Clear, Alabama
• Patricia Bohon at General Morgan Inn & Conference Center (1884) Greeneville, Tennessee
• Juan Rodriguez at The Pfister Hotel (1893) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Frank Day at Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• Joe Ryan at Fairmont Copley Plaza (1912) Boston, Massachusetts
• Thomas Santora at HOTEL DU PONT (1913) Wilmington, Delaware
• Stormi Stahlhut at La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Rob Blake at Hassayampa Inn (1927) Prescott, Arizona 
• Cathy Catalina Avila Ramos at Hassayampa Inn (1927) Prescott, Arizona

• The Harrington Family at Concord’s Colonial Inn (1716) in Concord; Hawthorne Hotel (1925) in Salem; and Publick House Historic Inn (1771) in Sturbridge, Massachusetts
• The Banta Family at Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn (1766) Rhinebeck, New York
• The Eustis and Fitzpatrick Families at The Red Lion Inn (1773) Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• The Smiley Family at Mohonk Mountain House (1869) New Paltz, New York
• The Beach Family at Basin Harbor (1886) Vergennes, Vermont 
• The Hraba Family at Presidio Lodging: Inn at the Presidio (1903) and The Lodge at the Presidio (1895) San Francisco, California
• The Kohler Family at The American Club (1918) Kohler, Wisconsin

• Clifton Clark at Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel (1875) San Francisco, California
• Sarah Morris at Basin Harbor (1886) Vergennes, Vermont
• Patty Henning at Jekyll Island Club Resort (1886) Jekyll Island, Georgia
• Terry Haney at Presidio Lodging: Inn at the Presidio (1903) and The Lodge at the Presidio (1895) San Francisco, California
• Andrew Smith at Castle Hill Resort and Spa (1905) Cavendish, Vermont
• Markus Treppenhauer at The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
• Frank Day at Hotel Boulderado (1909) Boulder, Colorado
• Dee Patel at The Hermitage Hotel (1910) Nashville, Tennessee
• Greg Kavanagh at HOTEL DU PONT (1913) Wilmington, Delaware
• Rik Blyth at La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Michael Kouvelas at Hassayampa Inn (1927) Prescott, Arizona
• Jamie Lemon at Rancho Bernardo Inn (1963) San Diego, California

• Steve Ferguson at French Lick Resort: French Lick Springs Hotel (1845) French Lick, Indiana and West Baden Springs Hotel (1902) West Baden Springs, Indiana 
• Eugene Lucas at The Menger Hotel (1859) San Antonio, Texas; The Cliff House at Pikes Peak (1873) Manitou Springs, Colorado; The Crockett Hotel (1909) San Antonio, Texas; and The Brown Hotel (1923) Louisville, Kentucky 
• Elise Roenigk at 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa (1886) Eureka Springs, Arkansas 
• Paul Tormey at Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel (1915) Berkeley, California 
• Steve Bartolin at The Broadmoor (1918) Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Peter Strebel at Omni Hotels and Resorts

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Historic Hotels of America is the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the finest historic hotels in the United States of America. To be nominated and selected for membership in this prestigious 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 in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; and recognized as having historical significance. Of the more than 300 historic hotels inducted into Historic Hotels of America from 44 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, all historic hotels faithfully preserve their sense of authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity. For more information, please visit HistoricHotels.org.

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Historic Hotels Worldwide® is a prestigious and distinctive collection of historic treasures, including luxury historic hotels built in former castles, chateaus, palaces, academies, haciendas, villas, monasteries, and other historic lodging spanning ten centuries. Historic Hotels Worldwide represents the finest and most distinctive global collection of more than 320 historic hotels in more than 46 countries. Hotels inducted into Historic Hotels Worldwide are authentic historic treasures, demonstrate exceptional historic preservation, and celebrate historic significance. Eligibility for induction into Historic Hotels Worldwide is limited to those distinctive historic hotels that adhere to the following criteria: minimum age for the building is 75 years or older; historically relevant as a significant location within a historic district, historically significant landmark, place of a historic event, former home of a famous person, or historic city center; hotel celebrates its history by showcasing memorabilia, artwork, photography, and other examples of its historic significance; recognized by national preservation or heritage buildings organization or located within UNESCO World Heritage Site; and presently used as historic hotel. For more information, please visit HistoricHotelsWorldwide.com.

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