Jefferson Davis Hotel

Jefferson Davis Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Catoma and Montgomery Sts., Montgomery, Alabama
Coordinates	32°22′33″N86°18′45″W / 32.37583°N 86.31250°W / 32.37583; -86.31250
Built	1927
Architect	Frederick Ausfeld; Hugger Bros. Construction Co.
Architectural style	Chicago, Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.	75000324 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 13, 1979

The Jefferson Davis Hotel is a former hotel located in Montgomery, Alabama. It was named for Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. Built in 1927, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1979. The buildings used to feature the WSFA radio studio, where Hank Williams performed in the late 1930s. ^[2] The hotel remained segregated into the 1960s. African-American preachers, among them Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr., were allowed into WSFA's studio to broadcast a sermon on Sunday mornings. ^[3] It is currently used as apartments for the elderly.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Escott, Colin (2004), Hank Williams: The Biography, Back Bay, p. 18, ISBN   0-316-73497-7
3. Boyd, Herb (2004), We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened, Sourcebooks, p. 73, ISBN   1-4022-0213-X