Postcard view of Hotel Ansley, 1912Hotel lobby, 1910sLuggage labelItalian café at the hotelCollege Rathskeller restaurant at the hotelAnsley featured in article from Atlanta Constitution of April 20, 1913 about city's hotels
The Hotel Ansley was a hotel that occupied the south side of Williams Street between Forsyth and Fairlie streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of Downtown Atlanta. It was built in 1913 by Jerome B. Pound of Chattanooga, TN and named for Edwin P. Ansley, developer of the Ansley Park neighborhood; an estimated 5000 guests attended the opening of the $1,000,000 property. The property was originally managed by M.I. and Frank Harrell.[1]
In 1930 radio station WGST moved its studios to the hotel.[2]
In 1939, the hotel had 400 rooms each with en-suite bathroom and radio.[3]
In 1952 the property was sold to the Dinkler hotel chain (once boasting "3000 Rooms in Southern Hotels") and was renamed the Dinkler Ansley,[4] and later in 1953 (40 years after its construction) renamed again to the Dinkler Plaza Hotel.[5]
