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Hyatt Regency Savannah

Coordinates: 32°04′54″N 81°05′29″W / 32.0816°N 81.0915°W / 32.0816; -81.0915
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Hyatt Regency Savannah
The building's lobby in 2011
Map
Hotel chainHyatt Regency
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHotel
Address2 West Bay Street
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Coordinates32°04′54″N 81°05′29″W / 32.0816°N 81.0915°W / 32.0816; -81.0915
Completed1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Technical details
Floor count6
Design and construction
DeveloperMerritt Dixon
Website
Official website

Hyatt Regency Savannah is a high-rise hotel in Savannah, Georgia. Built in 1980,[1] it stands adjacent to Savannah City Hall at Bay Street's downtown midsection.

Originally envisioned as a 14-story structure in Savannah's Historic District, a long battle with the Historic Savannah Foundation concluded with a compromise being reached of its being limited to six storeys. Another source of controversy is that it bridged River Street, physically dividing the waterfront in two,[1] although the air rights were actually a remnant of the preceding structure, the Wilcox and Gibbs Guano Company.[2] A tunnel allows pedestrian and vehicle access along the street.

Facilities

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The hotel has a swimming pool, a fitness center and a lounge.[3]

The hotel is to the right of City Hall in this view south over the Savannah River

Waterfront location

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Previous structures

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Long before the site became occupied by the hotel, two ranges of buildings — Bolton Range and Habersham & Harris Range — stood on the lot, part of Commerce Row.[4] These buildings were replaced by the Neal Blun Building, which stood between 1889 and 1969, and (to the west) the M. Ferst and Company grocery store.[5] The Ferst building was completed in September 1888, but Moses Ferst, a native of Bavaria, died eleven months later, aged 60.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Editor's Note: A developer’s vision – and a building controversy" – Connect Savannah
  2. ^ Savannah Morning News, July 14, 1889
  3. ^ Explore Our Hotel – Hyatt Regency Savannah
  4. ^ Lost Savannah: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society, Luciana M. Spracher (2003), p. 93
  5. ^ Lost Savannah: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society, Luciana M. Spracher (2003), p. 94
  6. ^ Savannah Morning News, August 15, 1889
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