Dadeville in Tallapoosa County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Dennis Hotel

Circa 1836~Circa 1960

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 21, 2023

1. Dennis Hotel Marker

Inscription. Called the United States Hotel until the 1890s, the Dennis Hotel was owned by a Dadeville family by that name for well over a century. It began as a stage stop, and gained fame as the living quarters for mid-19th-century humorist Johnson Jones Hooper, who compiled the stories here that became the best-selling The Adventures of Simon Suggs. The hotel was an L-shaped wooden structure, with an upper balcony featuring four columns extending along the front sheltering a first-floor porch. In the early 1960s, the hotel was replaced by a post office.

Erected 2016 by the Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list.

Location. 32° 49.945′ N, 85° 45.811′ W. Marker is in Dadeville, Alabama, in Tallapoosa County. It is on North Broadnax Street (Alabama Route 49) north of Green Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 264 N Broadnax St, Dadeville AL 36853, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the original Cherokee Nation,

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 marker: Grafenberg Medical Institute (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Historic Dadeville

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(about 300 feet away); Johnson J. Hooper (about 400 feet away); Battle Of Horseshoe Bend (about 400 feet away); Tallapoosa County Korean & Vietnam War Memorial (about 400 feet away); Tallapoosa County World War II Memorial (about 400 feet away); Tallapoosa County World War I Memorial (about 400 feet away); Tallapoosa County (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dadeville.

Also see . . . Alabama Pioneers web page with photo of the former Dennis Hotel. (Submitted on May 21, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 21, 2023

2. Dennis Hotel Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 599 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.