YEAR BUILT - 1923 YEAR REMODELED - 2015
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION -
THE PRESS HOTEL, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF EXCHANGE AND
CONGRESS STREETS IN THE OLD PORT DISTRICT, FEATURES 110
THOUGHTFULLY APPOINTED LUXURY GUESTROOMS, INCLUDING A
PENTHOUSE SUITE WITH ROOFTOP ACCESS AND 360-DEGREE VIEWS OF
THE CITY; FOUR PRIVATE FUNCTION ROOMS AND IS HOME TO UNION,
ITS 65-SEAT RESTAURANT BY HEAD CHEF, CHRISTIAN BASSETT. EACH
GUESTROOM HAS DESIGN INSPIRED BY A 1920S WRITER'S OFFICE
INCLUDING A VINTAGE-STYLED JOURNALIST DESK, PLAYFUL NEWSROOM
REFERENCES THROUGHOUT AND FLOOR TO CEILING MARBLE BATHROOMS.
AN ICONIC FRONT-DESK 'LETTERPRESS ART WALL' WELCOMES GUESTS
TO ITS FRONT DESK AND TO ITS INKWELL LOBBY BAR FEATURING HAND
CRAFTED COCKTAILS. THE HOTEL ALSO HAS AN ART GALLERY
FEATURING LOCAL ARTISTS WORKS, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH ALSO
INCLUDES A TWO STORY SIGNATURE INSTALLATION PIECE OF VINTAGE
TYPEWRITERS CALLED THE SWARM, TO DEPICT THE CHAOS OF A
NEWSROOM.
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