HauntBound archive · catalog record
Reported phenomena, as catalogued
+ 1 further entry on record
1892 Queen Anne Hotel with Three-Story Atrium Lobby
125 W Lamar St, Americus, GA 31709
Research updated October 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$$
Overnight rates vary; ghost tours offered separately. Check the venue website.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Multi-story hotel with elevator
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1892 · Queen Anne Architecture · National Register of Historic Places · Gilded Age Resort
The Windsor Hotel officially opened on June 16, 1892, a Queen Anne pile of brick and tower-work designed to make Americus, Georgia a winter destination for travelers from New York and Boston. The hotel originally offered around 100 rooms, an atrium lobby that rises three stories through the heart of the building, and personalized silverware — a flourish that local accounts cite as a Georgia first.
The Windsor occupies nearly an entire city block at 125 West Lamar Street. Its construction reflected a brief turn-of-the-century movement to position southwest Georgia as a southern alternative to the resorts of Florida. That vision did not fully materialize, but the building survived the boom-and-bust cycle that demolished many of its peers.
Franklin D. Roosevelt — then preparing for his run for governor of New York — gave a speech at the Windsor in 1928. The hotel today operates as a member of the Ascend Hotel Collection with 53 guest rooms, a pub named Floyd's, and a full-service restaurant. The property is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources
Several stories cluster around the Windsor's atrium and upper floors. The most frequently retold concerns Emily, a housekeeper who lived at the hotel with her young daughter Emma Mae. According to local folklore documented in the Americus Times-Recorder and Georgia Public Broadcasting, both died after an early-1900s incident at a service elevator shaft, a story told in several versions that no surviving record confirms.
Guests on the third floor have described the sound of a child running, a woman's voice with no visible speaker, and the cry of a baby. A figure described as a woman in black is also reported on this floor. Room 333 is the room most often flagged in published accounts.
Floyd's Pub is named for Floyd Lowery, who worked at the Windsor for decades as a bellman and elevator operator. Staff and guests report seeing a man resembling Floyd at the front entrance, ready to assist with luggage; his continued presence in the bar area is a fixture of the staff's after-hours stories.
The Windsor offers 45-minute guided historic-haunted tours at $12 per ticket that present these accounts as part of the building's broader story rather than as theater.
Notable Entities
Media Appearances
Stay in this 1892 Queen Anne hotel built to draw northern winter visitors to southwest Georgia. The five-story building anchors a city block in downtown Americus, with a three-story open atrium lobby and 53 guest rooms. Room 333 is consistently flagged in regional reporting as the focus of paranormal accounts.
A 45-minute guided tour of the Windsor that pairs documented hotel history — the 1892 construction, the story behind Floyd's Pub, FDR's 1928 visit — with the ghost stories that have collected around the building over 130 years.
Eat at the hotel's pub or restaurant. Floyd's Pub takes its name from a former hotel bellman whom staff and guests have associated with after-hours activity in the bar area.
Some links on this page may earn HauntBound a small commission when you book, at no extra cost to you. Our editorial picks are independent. Full disclosure
See current room rates and availability at The Windsor Hotel.
Check rates and bookRates come from booking partners, so a small property may not be listed. Book direct with The Windsor Hotel
Every HauntBound history is researched from documented sources. We clearly separate verified historical fact from paranormal folklore.
Free Guide
11 verified stops, rated for families, mapped in order. Free.
One email to confirm, then the guide link. Unsubscribe anytime.
Gettysburg, PA
Built around 1810 by tanner John F. McFarlane and expanded with an 1833 brick addition, the Farnsworth House sits on Baltimore Street in Gettysburg. During the 1863 battle, Confederate sharpshooters occupied the structure, and the south-facing wall still carries more than 100 bullet holes from Union counter-fire.
Long Beach, CA
The RMS Queen Mary was constructed at John Brown & Company's Clydebank shipyard beginning in 1930, launched September 26, 1934, and sailed her maiden voyage on May 27, 1936. Requisitioned as a troopship in 1939, she carried 810,000 soldiers under the nickname 'The Grey Ghost.' The ship has been permanently moored in Long Beach, California since December 1967.
Galveston, TX
Grand Galvez, originally Hotel Galvez, opened in 1911 as part of Galveston's recovery from the catastrophic 1900 hurricane. The Spanish Colonial Revival landmark on Seawall Boulevard is the only historic beachfront hotel on the Texas Gulf Coast and now operates as part of Marriott's Autograph Collection.