The Brice | |
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The building's Houston Street façade in 2021
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General information | |
Architectural style | Greek revival |
Location | 601 East Bay Street |
Town or city | Savannah, Georgia |
Country | US |
Coordinates | 32°04′44″N 81°05′05″W / 32.0789°N 81.0846°W / 32.0789; -81.0846 |
Completed | 1860 (164 years ago) (1860) |
Client | The Kimpton Brice Hotel |
Owner | Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants (since 2013, 11 years ago) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m2) |
The Brice is a historic building at 601 East Bay StreetinSavannah, Georgia, United States. The building, which is in the Savannah Historic District (itself on the National Register of Historic Places), dates to 1860.[1] At 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m2),[2] it takes up an entire city block (the northeastern residential tything block) of Washington Square, in what was Savannah's Old Fort neighborhood.[3]
A former livery stable, cotton warehouse and (from the early 1900s)[4] Savannah's first Coca-Cola bottling plant,[5] it was converted into a series of hotels, the previous one being the Mulberry Inn, a Holiday Inn franchise, in 1982.[6][7][8] It has been occupied since 2014 by the 145-room Kimpton Brice Hotel.[5][8] (BriceisGaelic for brick.)[2]