Jones and Telfair Range

Jones and Telfair Range, also known as Jones' Upper Range, is a historic range of buildings in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located in Savannah's Historic District, the Cotton Sail Hotel, a Hilton Hotels property,[1] occupies the West Bay Street elevation, above Factors Walk, while others solely utilize the former King Cotton warehouses on River Street. As of February 2022, the businesses occupying the ground floor of the River Street elevation are Whispers, the Cotton Sail Hotel, River House Seafood and Fiddlers' Crab House. Kevin Barry's Pub closed in 2020 after nearly forty years in business.[2]

Jones and Telfair Range
2020
General information
Location112–130 West Bay Street
Town or citySavannah, Georgia
CountryUnited States
Coordinates32.0820°N 81.0927°W / 32.0820; -81.0927
Completed1854 (1854)
Technical details
Floor count4–5
Design and construction
Architect(s)Sholl & Fay

The building was completed in 1854, attributed to Charles Sholl and Calvin Fay, for George Wymberly Jones and the Telfair estate.

Cotton Sail Hotel

The Cotton Sail Hotel is a hotel with its main entrance on West River Street at Barnard Street, though the hotel lists its address as 126 West Bay Street and parking is off West Bay Street. Its rooftop bar is one of few in Savannah.[3] The hotel opened in 2014,[4] by brothers Anil Patel and Kirit Patel.[5] The hotel received the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's Excellence in Rehabilitation award, the 2015 Historic Savannah Foundation's Preservation Award, and the Asian American Hotel Owners Association's IAHA Independent Hotel of the Year Award.[5]

River Street façade

See also

References
  1. The Cotton Sail Hotel Savannah, Tapestry Collection by Hilton – Hilton.com
  2. "Owner bids goodbye to Kevin Barry’s Pub" – Savannah Morning News, December 30, 2019
  3. "Smooth Sailing: The Cotton Sail Hotel". Issuu. 24 pages with photos.
  4. "HOS Management Announces The Cotton Sail Hotel Officially Joins Tapestry Collection by Hilton". Savannah CEO. November 2, 2018.
  5. Anna Akins (August 8, 2015). "Plenty of room for risk, reward for Cotton Sail Hotel owners". Savannah Now.
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