The Brice
The Brice is a historic building at 601 East Bay Street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The building, which is in the Savannah Historic District (itself on the National Register of Historic Places), dates to 1860.[1] At 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m2),[2] it takes up an entire city block (the northeastern residential tything block) of Washington Square, in what was Savannah's Old Fort neighborhood.[3]
| The Brice | |
|---|---|
 The building's Houston Street façade in 2021 | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Greek revival |
| Location | 601 East Bay Street |
| Town or city | Savannah, Georgia |
| Country | US |
| Coordinates | 32.0789°N 81.0846°W |
| Completed | 1860, 163 years ago |
| Client | The Kimpton Brice Hotel |
| Owner | Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants (since 2013, 10 years ago) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Floor area | 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m2) |
A former livery stable, cotton warehouse and (from the early 1900s)[4] Savannah's first Coca-Cola bottling plant,[5] it was converted into a series of hotels, the previous one being the Mulberry Inn, a Holiday Inn franchise, in 1982.[6][7][8] It has been occupied since 2014 by the 145-room Kimpton Brice Hotel.[5][8] (Brice is Gaelic for brick.)[2]
References
- Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 15
- The Brice – Green Line Architecture
- "Five key Irish contributors to Savannah’s history, heritage" - Savannah Morning News, March 6, 2019
- Historic Hotels of America (2002)
- "Hotel Review: The Brice in Savannah" – New York Times, June 25, 2015
- Back Roads & City Streets: Weekend Getaways in and Around Georgia, Colin Bessonette (1984) ISBN 9780931948541
- "Savannah’s Mulberry Inn sold" – Savannah Morning News, January 1, 2013
- "Tributes to the Past Highlight Overhaul of Brice Hotel" – Lodging Magazine, May 8, 2014
External links
- The Kimpton Brice Hotel official website
- View of the building from Bay Street – Google Street View, January 2019
- View of the building from Houston Street and East Bryan Street – Google Street View, May 2019