Hotel Warwick
Hotel Warwick, September 2012
Hotel Warwick is located in Virginia
Hotel Warwick
Hotel Warwick is located in the United States
Hotel Warwick
Location25th St. and West Ave., Newport News, Virginia
Coordinates36°58′36″N 76°25′55″W / 36.97667°N 76.43194°W / 36.97667; -76.43194
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1928 (1928), 1962
Architectural styleArt Deco, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.84000044[1]
VLR No.121-0040
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 1984
Designated VLRAugust 21, 1984[2]

Hotel Warwick is a historic hotel building located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1928, and is a seven-story, brick building in an eclectic Gothic Revival / Art Deco style. It features terra cotta tile ornamentation and a continuous terra cotta and brick false parapet. A two-story addition was added to the rear of the building in 1962. It was the first skyscraper, first tower hotel and first fireproof hotel in Newport News. It replaced an earlier Hotel Warwick built by Collis Potter Huntington in 1883.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Ronald E. Shibley (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Warwick" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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