The River Street Inn

Frommer's Review

When Liverpool-based ships were moored on the nearby river, this building stored massive amounts of cotton produced by upriver plantations. After the boll weevil decimated the cotton industry, it functioned as an icehouse, a storage area for fresh vegetables, and (at its lowest point) the headquarters of an insurance company. Its two lowest floors, built in 1817, were made of ballast stones carried in the holds of ships from faraway England.

In 1986, a group of investors poured millions into its development as one of the linchpins of Savannah's River District, adding a well-upholstered Colonial pizzazz to the public areas and converting the building's warren of brick-lined storerooms into some of the most comfortable and well-managed rooms in town. During 2007, look for a radical upgrade of this property, as investors pour millions into its transformation into an upscale inn.

Facilities:
2 restaurants; lounge; gym; nonsmoking rooms

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