Today’s Mystery Photo shows more magnificent stained-glass windows. Some are enormous. Tickle your mind to determine the location of this art, and send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
It’s not a well-known landmark, and now sits in disrepair, while three people recognized last issue’s Mystery Photo. First came in was Jim Savedelis of Duluth identifying the mystery as the Hotel Willard in Helena, Ga. The photo came from David Earl Tyre of Jesup.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. wrote: “The Hotel Willard, Circa 1893, Helena, Georgia. This structure with a turret was known for the longest time as the Hotel Willard, but also was called the Brick Inn and the Telfair Hotel, as well as serving for a time as the VFW Hall and at least one restaurant. The building supposedly was built by the railroad which came to Helena in the 1870s. The building attached to it on the far right was a garage and gas station in the 1940s. There was a hotel manager’s apartment in the back on the ground floor that had a garden just outside.”
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. added: “When the hotel first opened in February 1891 it charged $2 per day. Throughout its history, the building has had a number of other names and served a variety of purposes. For those readers who may be interested in seeing what this building looked like when it was an active hotel.”
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