West Point
The Thayer Hotel
A 1926 Tudor Gothic hotel inside West Point's Thayer Gate that received the 52 Americans freed from captivity in Iran in January 1981.
- Built
- 1926Built 1925-26 on the USMA campus by a private firm (HABS); addition by York & Sawyer in 1946.
- Style
- Tudor Gothic
- Architect
- Caughey & Evans with George B. Post & Sons (1946 addition: York & Sawyer)
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
A private firm built the Hotel Thayer on the academy campus in 1925-26 to house cadets’ families, dignitaries and tourists, succeeding the West Point Hotel that stood at Trophy Point from 1820 to 1932. Caughey & Evans designed it in Tudor Gothic granite and brick, with George B. Post & Sons consulting. The federal government bought it in 1943, making it the only hotel owned and operated by the federal government (per HABS), and it received the 52 Americans freed from captivity in Iran in January 1981.
Good to know
- Address: 674 Thayer Road, West Point, NY 10996
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.