The Marshall House

Frommer's Review

Some aspects of this hotel -- especially the second-story cast-iron veranda -- 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, some aspects of this place evoke a busy commercial motel. Guest rooms succeed at being mass-production-style cozy without being particularly opulent. 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 rooms contain neatly kept bathrooms with showers. The bar has exposed brick, a very Southern clientele, and green leather upholstery. 45 Bistro, set beneath the glassed-in roof of what used to be the hotel's rear stable yard, serves Southern and international cuisine.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; nonsmoking rooms

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