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…EDITH SLEPT HERE!<\/span><\/p>\n The Bolling Wilson Hotel<\/strong> was originally built in 1927 as the George Wythe Hotel where it operated until the mid-1970s. When the property first opened, rooms rented for $1.50 for a single and $2.50 for a double.\u00a0<\/p>\n How things have changed! There have been many weddings and celebrations held in the old George Wythe Hotel some 40 years ago. Since its closure as a hotel in the 1970\u2019s, the building has enjoyed numerous lives as a bank. When the last bank moved and the building became available, it was purchased in 2010 by Bill and Farron Smith, local Wytheville residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bill Smith, born and raised in nearby Pulaski, had long admired the building and wished to see it brought back to its original grandeur in a more modern way. He was emboldened by an old postcard of the George Wythe Hotel in 1931 that was found by a visitor. The postcard message read, \u201cWytheville hasn\u2019t changed in 20 years. They need someone to come here and wake them up and put this place on the map!\u201d <\/em>And that is exactly what he aimed to do\u2026wake up Downtown\u00a0 Wytheville.\u00a0<\/p>\n When considering the design of the property, there seemed to be no better choice than to pay homage to Wytheville\u2019s most prominent citizen, Edith Bolling Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson. First Lady Mrs. Wilson, a direct descendant of Pocahontas, was born and raised across the street from the hotel in a commercial building with the Bolling Family Home located above the storefronts.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mrs. Wilson had a fascinating life full of intrigue, fun, and fancy! The building where she was born houses the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum<\/strong>. The street-level museum features interesting artifacts about her life \u201cFrom Wytheville to the White House,\u201d<\/em> while the upper level of the building offers a glimpse of her birthplace and childhood home where the family lived from 1866 \u2013 1899.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mrs. Wilson\u2019s last visit to Wytheville was in 1960 when she returned to dedicate a stained-glass window at St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church. On that visit, she stayed at this hotel\u2026and then walked across the street to climb the steps one last time to her childhood home \u2013 the home that shaped her life and prepared her for the challenges she would face as First Lady. The following year in 1961, Edith Bolling Wilson passed away at the age of 89 on Woodrow Wilson\u2019s birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n