The Georgian Hotel is located at 247 Washington Street (Tax Parcel No. 17-1-B1-G-003C).
 

This detached, commercial building is five stories high with a first floor rectangular plan, U-shaped upper floors, and a flat roof. The platform frame construction of concrete and steel is clad in brick with limestone detailing. Round-arched windows at the street level feature a running lintel course, stained glass in the upper arched lights above, stylized keystones and modillions between, and a beltcourse atop the keystones. The rhythm established by the windows is not interrupted by the main entrance; this arched and recessed entry possesses paneled and glazed double doors, a plain crown molding supported by pilasters, flanking sidelights, and an arched, stained-glass window. Pilasters mark the corners of the recession, and a Greek key design accentuates the tile floor of the entryway. The fenestration of the upper floors is similarly abundant, featuring a variety of classical details, such as flat-arched and round-arched windows, keystones, another beltcourse, fixed windows, stylized modillions, and brick panels.

The site was the original location of the Market Street School, later known as the Washington Street School, one of the city's first two public schools, opened in 1887. Anthony Ten Eyck Brown, designer of the courthouse next door, also designed the Georgian Hotel. Completed in 1909, this 125-room hotel served as a gathering place for celebrations and meetings. Author Margaret Mitchell, Governors Eugene and Herman Talmadge, and Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell, former president of the University of Georgia, were among the guests of the Georgian Hotel. During World War II, nurses were housed on the second floor. In 1985 an investment tax credit project enabled the conversion of the hotel into a complex of luxury condominiums named the Georgian, with dining, entertainment, and office space on the ground floor. Further financial and preservation benefits were afforded by the donation of a facade easement and an interior easement (the lobby) to the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.

The Georgian Hotel is locally designated as a Historic Landmark (January 8, 1991).