Frederick ยท Frederick Historic District
Visitation Hotel Frederick
The Visitation Academy, founded in 1846, served as a hospital for Union wounded after Antietam and became a hotel in 2024.
- Built
- 1846HHA: 'Original Property Opened in 1846' (Visitation Academy). The hotel's timeline says the Sisters of Charity's 1824 school on the site burned in June 1845, the Visitation Sisters arrived in 1846, and the chapel was built in 1852. Opened as a hotel in 2024.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Frederick Historic District
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Sisters of Charity opened St. John’s Benevolent Female Free School on the site in 1824; after a June 1845 fire destroyed its wooden building, Visitation Sisters from Georgetown arrived in September 1846 and founded the Visitation Academy. After the Battle of Antietam in 1862 the academy served as a hospital for wounded Union soldiers. The Visitation Sisters left in 2005 and the school closed in 2016. The buildings reopened as the Visitation Hotel in 2024, keeping elements of the 1852 chapel, including Franz Mayer stained glass.
Good to know
- Address: 211 East Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701
Sources (4)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261016045206/https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/visitation-hotel-frederick-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel
- https://www.historichotels.org/us/ajax/search-properties
- https://www.visitationhotel.com/history
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitation_Academy_of_Frederick
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.