The Embassy Suites, Historic is one of Charleston's truly treasured landmark sites. Once the home of the Citadel military school, this historic property achieves a balance of offering higher than average accommodations while preserving aspects of the structure's history for display and as points of interest for the guests.

The lobby is open and spacious sporting oversized antique furniture, large oriental rugs and floral arrangements to soften the contrasting hardwood floors and displays showing military accoutrement from pre-Civil War times until the early 1900's. This lobby is the site of afternoon soirees offering complimentary hors de oeuvres and cocktails to guests.

An atrium hotel with soaring five-story high ceilings, a large interior and several clusters of cushioned club chair seating around a gigantic four-tiered fountain gives the impression of being a small town or castle unto itself. In a sense, the Hampton was just that, a fort with cannons at four points to protect the city of Charleston. Now the atrium is warmly lit with gas lamps and is alive with cascading variegated philodendron plants, a variety of green palm trees and select exotics like torch ginger and bromeliads. Gone are the reminiscences of marches and drills but the large inn with ample ballroom and boardroom space offers a perfect place to accommodate large reception, banquet, and theater or classroom style conferences.