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Savannah Map: The Marshall HouseThe Marshall House Frommer's Recommended

Address
123 E. Broughton St
Location Historic District
Phone 800/589-6304, 912/644-7896
Fax 912/234-3334
Web site www.marshallhouse.com
Room Information 68 units
Prices $169-$219 double; $199-$259 suite. Rates include continental breakfast
Credit Cards AE, DC, DISC, MC, V
In Room Amenities A/C, TV, hair dryer, safe, Wi-Fi

Frommer's Review

Some aspects of this hotel -- especially the second-story cast-iron veranda that juts above the sidewalk -- might remind you of a 19th-century hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It originally opened in 1851 as the then-finest hotel in Savannah. In 1864 and 1865, it functioned as a Union Army hospital before housing such luminaries as Conrad Aiken and Joel Chandler Harris, author of Stories of Uncle Remus. After a ratty-looking decline, it closed -- some people thought permanently -- in 1957. In 1999, it reopened as a "boutique-style" inn. Despite the fact that this place has some of the trappings of an upscale B&B, don't think that it will provide the intimacy or exclusivity of, say, the Foley House. There's something a bit superficial about the glamour here, and some aspects evoke a busy motel, albeit with a more-elegant-than-usual set of Colonial-era reproductions in the public areas. Guest rooms succeed at being mass-production-style cozy without being particularly opulent. Each is sheathed in one of three standardized possibilities: yellow with pinewood furniture, green with wrought-iron furniture, and blue with white-painted furniture. Seven of the largest and most historically evocative rooms in the hotel are on the second floor, overlooking noisy Broughton Street, and are prefaced with wrought-iron verandas with wrought-iron furniture. All units contain neatly kept bathrooms with showers. The bar has exposed brick, a very Southern clientele, and green leather upholstery. The 45 Bistro, set beneath the glassed-in roof of what used to be the hotel's rear stable yard, is a restaurant serving Southern and international cuisine.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; nonsmoking rooms

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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