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Hotel Forty Five, Macon, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
Macon, Georgia, United States · Tribute Portfolio · Accessible Luxury
Built in 1941 as the Bankers Insurance Building, this eleven-story tower was long called Macon's skyscraper and reputed to be the tallest building between New York City and Miami. Vacant since 2018, its adaptive-reuse conversion opened in early 2022 as Hotel Forty Five, Macon's first Tribute Portfolio property, named for the 45-degree intersection of Cherry and First Streets with Cotton Avenue.
- 94 rooms
- Opened 2022
- Neighborhood: Downtown Macon
- Rooms from 286 sq ft (27 m²)
- Architect: Eugene Dunwody Jr. (redevelopment); W. Elliott Dunwody Jr.
About Hotel Forty Five, Macon, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
- Its name references the 45-degree intersection of Cherry and First Streets with Cotton Avenue, nodding to Macon's musical past and 45 rpm records.
- After standing vacant since 2018, a 94-room adaptive-reuse conversion opened in early 2022 as Macon's first Tribute Portfolio hotel.
History
Hotel Forty Five occupies a landmark 11-story tower in downtown Macon, Georgia, originally constructed in 1941 as the Bankers Insurance Building (Bankers Health & Life Insurance Company), founded by Parks Lee Hay. Long known as "Macon's skyscraper" and reputed to be the tallest building between New York City and Miami in its era, the tower was joined to a four-story annex that had been built in 1923. Over the decades the property passed through several identities, becoming the Southern Trust Building and later the Willie C. Hall Annex before being vacated in 2018.
Developers IDP Properties and Mainsail Lodging & Development undertook an adaptive-reuse redevelopment of the roughly 74,000-square-foot office building and its connected annex, aided by state Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits and C-PACE financing. The restored 94-room boutique hotel opened in early 2022 as the first hotel in Macon's Historic Central Business District and the city's first member of Marriott's Tribute Portfolio. Its name references the distinctive 45-degree intersection of Cherry and First Streets with Cotton Avenue, and nods to Macon's rich musical past and the many 45 rpm records tied to the city.
The setting
In the 1941 Bankers Insurance Building at Cherry and First, where Cotton Avenue cuts 45 degrees. This is downtown Macon's old skyscraper, not a highway box.
Restaurants and bars
- Loom Comfort Kitchen & Cocktails — Restaurant
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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