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Photographer: AGS Media
Taken: May 8, 2010
Caption: The Jackson Rooming House
Additional Description: At 851 Zack Street, approximately 2000 feet or 0.61 km from the Central Avenue marker is the Jackson Rooming House, one of the last remaining buildings from the heyday of the Central Avenue business district. Named for the couple who built and operated the house, it was for decades during segregation one of very few, if not the only place in the city where non-white travelers could find lodging. This included the entertainers headlining Central Avenue's nightclubs. The Jackson House hosted the likes of Count Basie, Cab Calloway, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ray Charles. Though no longer in business today, the 1901 building is still owned by a Jackson family descendant. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 (#07000112).
Submitted: July 3, 2010, by Glenn Sheffield of Tampa, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p115756
File Size: 1.754 Megabytes

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