Hotel Ella Undergoing Extensive Makeover Before Reopening

What was the Mansion at Judge’s Hill for years will reopen as Hotel Ella, named after the wife of the man who received the edifice as a wedding present from his father in 1898.

Ella was known as a woman with excellent taste in architecture and the Greek columns that remain today were her idea. A group of investors headed by Stuart McManus bought the property last year and plan to make it another of their elite hotel group, “Small Luxury Hotels of the World.”

The hotel and restaurant closed at the end of May and the tentative reopening date will be sometime in July. Michel Hsu who designed Uchi and La Condessa is at the architectural lead and Donna Stockton-Hicks is designing the rooms. I am also keenly anticipating the collaboration between Scott Mechura (exec chef) and food and beverage manager Johannes Lehberger

We’ll keep you posted as the opening nears!