Savannah ยท Plant Riverside
JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside
Savannah's 1912 riverside power station, now the centerpiece of the Plant Riverside District. Only the power plant building is historic.
- Built
- 1912Hotel's Power Plant building was built in 1912 as Savannah's Riverside electric power station; decommissioned 2005 and converted into the hotel, which opened in July 2020. The hotel also includes the Three Muses and Atlantic buildings.
- Architect
- Stone & Webster (engineers of the 1912 power station)
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Rooms
- 419
- Area
- Plant Riverside
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Engineers from Stone & Webster built the Riverside power station on the Savannah River in 1912, and it supplied the city’s electricity for more than 90 years, with expansions through the 1950s, before it was decommissioned in 2005. The Kessler Collection acquired the plant, broke ground on the $270 million Plant Riverside District in December 2016, and opened the hotel and district on July 29, 2020. The restored Power Plant building keeps its 176-foot smokestacks and houses guest rooms, a Generator Hall with a dinosaur and fossil exhibit, and restaurants. The redevelopment received a Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation award for Excellence in Rehabilitation and a Historic Savannah Foundation preservation award.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 400 W River St, Savannah, GA 31401
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Sources (7)
- https://www.thempc.org/docs/lit/hist/maps/supplement.pdf
- https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/jw-marriott-savannah-plant-riverside-district
- https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/jw-marriott-savannah-plant-riverside-district/history
- https://www.plantriverside.com/about/plant-riverside-history/
- https://www.plantriverside.com/about/faqs/
- https://www.hotelexecutive.com/newswire/58939/the-kessler-collection-hosts-official-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-plant-riverside-district
- https://lodgingmagazine.com/the-kessler-collection-debuts-375-million-redevelopment-in-savannah-georgia/
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