Built 1927 Opened 1927 Architectural style Chicago school | NRHP Reference # 75000324 Area 2,024 m² Added to NRHP 13 March 1979 | |
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Location Catoma and Montgomery Sts., Montgomery, Alabama Similar Tankersley Rosenwald School, Grace Episcopal Church, Edgewood, Winter Place, Old Ship African Methodist | ||
The Jefferson Davis Hotel is a former hotel located in Montgomery, Alabama. 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. The hotel remained segregated into the 1960s. African-American preachers, among them Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King, Jr., were allowed into WSFA's studio to broadcast a sermon on Sunday mornings. It is currently used as apartments for the elderly.
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