Columbus in Lowndes County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

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Queen City Hotel

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1. Queen City Hotel Marker is missing.

Inscription. The Queen City Hotel, located at this site, was once the cultural hub of the African American community in Columbus. Constructed in the 1880s, the building was opened as a hotel in 1914 by blues guitarist Robert Walker and later owned by Edward Bush. The Queen was the only public lodging for blacks until the 1960s. Many notable persons, Including Sam Hairston, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong, were guests here in its heyday. Severely damaged by storms, the hotel was demolished in 2003.

Erected 2010 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 33° 30.174′ N, 88° 25.022′ W. Marker was in Columbus, Mississippi, in Lowndes County. It could be reached from the intersection of 7th Avenue North and 15th Street North. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 7th Avenue North, Columbus MS 39701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in East Mississippi, in the Black Prairie,

and in the Golden Triangle.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Queen City Hotel and 7th Avenue (a few steps from this marker); Missionary Union Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Military Road (approx. 0.3 miles away); Baldwin Locomotive No. 601 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Joshua Lawrence Meador (approx. 0.4 miles away); James T. Harrison Home

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(approx. half a mile away); Sims-Brown House (approx. half a mile away); Walter "Red" Barber (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.

Former location of the Queen City Hotel. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 4, 2019

2. Former location of the Queen City Hotel.

Hotel was razed in 2003 and marker placed in 2010. Marker is now missing.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 500 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 7, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.