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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″N 86°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
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. 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. 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

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Alabama
National Historic Landmarks	Alabama State Capitol Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed United States Post Office and Courthouse – Montgomery
Historic districts	Alabama State University Historic District City of St. Jude Historic District Cloverdale Historic District Cottage Hill Historic District Court Square–Dexter Avenue Historic District Dowe Historic District Garden District Huntingdon College Campus Historic District Lower Commerce Street Historic District Maxwell Air Force Base Senior Officers' Quarters Historic District North Lawrence–Monroe Street Historic District Ordeman–Shaw Historic District Perry Street Historic District South Perry Street Historic District
Other properties	Bell Building Brame House Patrick Henry Brittan House Building 800–Austin Hall Building 836–Community College of the Air Force Building Cassimus House Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 Jefferson Davis Hotel Edgewood First White House of the Confederacy Gay House Gerald–Dowdell House Governor's Mansion Grace Episcopal Church Harrington Archaeological Site Jefferson Franklin Jackson House Jere Shine Site Gov. Thomas G. Jones House McBryde–Screws–Tyson House Mt. Zion AME Zion Church Muklassa The Murphy House Old Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Opp Cottage Pastorium, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Pepperman House Powder Magazine St. John's Episcopal Church Sayre Street School Scott Street Firehouse Semple House Shepherd Building Smith–Joseph–Stratton House Stay House Steiner–Lobman and Teague Hardware Buildings Stone Plantation Tankersley Rosenwald School Dr. C.A. Thigpen House Tulane Building Tyson–Maner House Winter Building Winter Place William Lowndes Yancey Law Office
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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