TRADITION & TRANSFORMATION e
THE COLLEGIATE HOTEL
BY CHRISTY KYSER TRUITT
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HE SUNSET REMAINS THE SAME. DIPPING LOW BEHIND SAMFORD TOWER, SHADOWS
STRETCHING ACROSS THE LAWN AND REACHING DOWN THACH TO WHAT USED TO BE WITTEL DORM, NOW THE COLLEGIATE HOTEL. BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S BY SAMUEL WITTEL, THE DORM HOUSED PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AND ULTIMATELY THE GROWING NUMBER OF COLLEGE WOMEN POST WORLD WAR II IN ADDITION TO TWO GENERATIONS OF THE WITTEL FAMILY. TODAY, OWNERS BRIAN AND KIM WIRTH HAVE TRANSFORMED THE STRUCTURE Photos provided by The Collegiate Hotel
INTO AN UPSCALE BOUTIQUE HOTEL WHILE MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY.
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EAST ALABAMA LIVING
