Sam Farkas, a World War II hero, was the hotel's manager.

It is constructed of terra cotta blocks dressed with brick, upon a concrete and steel frame.

Tapestry brick, in Flemish bond, sheathes the first five floors; Dutch Cross bond brick veneer sheathes the sixth floor.

[2] It was deemed significant as "a good example of the early-twentieth century Georgian Revival-style commercial buildings found in small Georgia cities and as one of several Georgian Revival-style buildings built in Albany during this period.

In terms of local history, the hotel was a center of Albany social life during the 1920's and 1930's.