208 Port Republic Rd

From the National Register nomination

Two-story multiple-dwelling (a former hotel) of decorative rockfaced concrete block construction with a shed roof, stepped side parapets, 1/1 double-hung wood sash, and several first-story entrances with single-leaf doors. A modern one-story porch shelters one of the entrances. At the intersection of Port Republic Road and Abbey Place, this is the closest building in the district to the CSX railroad tracks. Built by Vassar Tarry, a deacon of Shiloh Baptist Church, the hotel served as a "weekend retreat" for African American servicemen During World War II. In 1951 under the management of William B. Woodson the hotel advertised "Good Food & Clean Rooms". A wooden building that contained the restaurant of John B. Brown stood at the location prior to the construction of the Tarry building. (Randolph and Bass, "Waynesboro Port Republic Road Historic District," Waynesboro . . . City Directory, 1950-51, 301; Lilly Mae Johnson.)