African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses
During segregation in the United States separate lodging and boarding facilities for African Americans were established. The Green Book was a guidebook for African American travelers and included hotel, motel, and boarding house listings where they could stay.[1]
Alabama[edit]
- A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama[2]
- Dunbar Hotel in Birmingham. Alabama's Fourth Avenue Business District[3]
- Ben Moore Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama[4][5]
- Holiday Inn in Tuskegee, Alabama[6]
California[edit]
- California Hotel in Oakland, California
- American Hotel in Los Angeles, California[7][8]
- Dunbar Hotel in Los Angeles, California
Florida[edit]
- Georgette's Tea Room House in Miami, Florida
- Mary Elizabeth Hotel owned by William B. Sawyer in Miami's Overtown neighborhood[9]
- Hampton House in Miami, Florida
- Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, Florida
- Rogers Hotel in Central Avenue in Tampa[10]
- Lewis Colson's Colson Hotel at 1428 Eighth Street in Sarasota, Florida's Overtown neighborhood[11][12]
- LaFrance Hotel in Delray Beach, Florida
Illinois[edit]
- DuSable Hotel in Chicago[13]
Michigan[edit]
- Gotham Hotel (Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit[14]
Mississippi[edit]
- E. F. Young Hotel in Meridian, Mississippi[15]
- Queen City Hotel (Mississippi) in Columbus, Mississippi[16][17]
New York[edit]
- Marshall Hotel (New York City) in New York City[18]
- Hotel Theresa in New York City's Harlem neighborhood
North Carolina[edit]
- Greensbook Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina[19]
- Magnolia House in Greensboro, North Carolina[20]
- Rhone Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina[21]
Ohio[edit]
- Edgemont Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio[22]
- Manse Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Majestic Hotel (Cleveland, Ohio) in Cleveland, Ohio[23][24][25]
- Collingwood Motel in Toledo, Ohio[26]
Oklahoma[edit]
- Gurley Hotel owned by Ottawa W. Gurley in Tulsa[27][28]
- Stradford Hotel in Tulsa[28]
South Carolina[edit]
- Ebony Guest House, Florence, South Carolina[29]
- Pine Tree Hotel in Mosquito Beach, South Carolina[30]
Washington D.C.[edit]
- Wormley Hotel in Washington D.C.
- Shakespeare House in Washington D.C.[18] (Grace Nail Johnson was part of the family)
- Douglas Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri[31][32]
Wisconsin[edit]
- Dietz home / "Casablanca Hotel" in Milwaukee[33]
Other areas[edit]
- Phyllis Wheatley House in Minneapolis, Minnesota[34]
- Shaddrack Ward's Ward Rooming House
- Rossonian Hotel in Denver, Colorado
- Golden West Hotel in Portland, Oregon[35]
- Hotel Metropolitan in Peducah, Kentucky
See also[edit]
- African American resorts
- African American businesses
- Chitlin' circuit
- Hill Top House Hotel, African American owned hotel
References[edit]
- ^ Kemp, Mark (August 26, 2020). "The Green Book Guide to North Carolina". Our State.
- ^ "A. G. Gaston Motel Restoration « the Official Website for the City of Birmingham, Alabama".
- ^ "Dunbar Hotel Building Urban Impact Office, Historical Marker".
- ^ "Ben Moore Hotel".
- ^ "Ben Moore Hotel and the Rooftop Garden Restaurant".
- ^ https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/customer-care/ihg-stand-together/listen-and-learn/black-history-month
- ^ Tales of the American: The Story of the American Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Indie Rights Incorporated (earlier Nelson Medison). 2018. ISBN 9781350901155.
- ^ "The Arts District's American Hotel is the Subject of a New Documentary". 28 March 2018.
- ^ https://goingovertown.org/listing/mary-elizabeth-hotel/
- ^ https://thetampariverwalk.com/visit/historical-monument-trail.html/title/garfield-devoe-g-d-rogers
- ^ Favorite, Merab (February 12, 2017). "Sunday Favorites: Newtown and Overtown". The Bradenton Times.
- ^ "Three pioneers who changed the face of Sarasota and Manatee counties". Your Observer. June 29, 2023.
- ^ Tracy, Steven C. (November 2011). Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252093425.
- ^ "Gotham Hotel | Historic Detroit".
- ^ Jones, Booker (April 27, 2023). "Historic Mississippi Hotel That Served Blacks During Jim Crow Is Demolished".
- ^ "Queen City Hotel". The Mississippi Blues Trail.
- ^ "Ask Rufus: The Queen City Hotel". 30 September 2017.
- ^ a b The Negro in Business. Hertel, Jenkins & Company. 1907.
- ^ "History – The Historic Magnolia House". www.thehistoricmagnoliahouse.org.
- ^ Osby, Jasmine (August 4, 2023). "One of America's Oldest Black-Owned Motels Reopens in North Carolina". Travel Noire.
- ^ "Rhone Hotel | NC AAHC". aahc.nc.gov.
- ^ Nakashima, Erena; House, Christina Hartlieb with research support from Hariett Beecher Stowe. "The Edgemont Inn - A tavern and boarding house listed in the "Negro Motorist Green Book"". Cincinnati Sites and Stories.
- ^ Morris, Shawn. "Majestic Hotel - "America's Finest Colored Hostelry"". Cleveland Historical.
- ^ Brenda Cain, cleveland com (February 25, 2022). "Green Book Cleveland rewriting city's Black history, finding lost sites". cleveland.
- ^ Team, Green Book Cleveland. "Majestic Hotel".
- ^ "Safe travels: Exhibit explores the fabled Green Book". The Blade.
- ^ "O. W. Gurley | the Visionary of a Generation".
- ^ a b https://m.facebook.com/
- ^ "Ebony Guest House (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
- ^ "Pine Tree Hotel, Mosquito Beach, South Carolina".
- ^ Leaves of Healing. Zion Publishing House. 1904.
- ^ https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/v54-1/pdf/douglashotel.pdf
- ^ "Historic African-American sites in Milwaukee to get attention".
- ^ "Hotels shut their doors to Black artists - Hennepin History Museum". 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Golden West Hotel". www.oregonencyclopedia.org.