Williamsburg
Williamsburg Lodge
Book the 1937–38 original building or 1947 South Wing for a historic room; the 1985–86 Tazewell Wing and 2005 guesthouses are new.
- Built
- 1938Original Lodge building dated 1937-38 in the 2006 NRHP nomination (with 1960s alterations); HHA says the Lodge opened in 1939. The detached South Wing dates from 1947.
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Architect
- Gilbert Stanley Underwood, with Perry, Shaw and Hepburn
- Type
- Resort
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Rockefeller built the Lodge as a less formal hotel for middle-class travelers, following the Williamsburg Inn. On the National Park Service’s advice he hired Gilbert Stanley Underwood, known for Zion, Bryce Canyon and Ahwahnee lodges; Perry, Shaw and Hepburn collaborated after Underwood’s first designs were judged too literal. Underwood’s stair, mixing Art Deco and Neoclassical details, survives in the original building, as do cypress-sheathed guest corridors. A fully residential South Wing followed in 1947.
Good to know
- Address: 310 South England Street, Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.