Martin Hotel 1924-1985

Martin Hotel 1924-1985 is a Tennessee historical marker in Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co, Chattanooga (1924-1985) Corner of M. L. King Blvd. & Lindsey Street

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For sixty-one years the Martin Hotel was located at this site. Established in 1924 by Robert Martin with 50 rooms it became the largest African-American hotel in the South. Many celebrities and entertainers such as: Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, J. Ernest Wilkins (Former Assistant Secretary of Labor), Cab Calloway, the Platters, Nat "King" Cole, Lena Horne, Willie Mays, Satchel Paige and the "original" Harlem Globetrotters were guests at the hotel. The Martin Hotel closed November 30, 1985.

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Historical maps covering this location

1896 · Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga and Wauhatchie (E. E. Betts, Chickamauga and… (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1940 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1941 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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