Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Hotel Vicksburg
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 11, 2024
1. Hotel Vicksburg Marker
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.
Location. 32° 21.002′ N, 90° 52.841′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County. Marker is at the intersection of Clay Street and Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west on Clay Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 801 Clay St, Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Red Tops (within shouting distance of this marker); Banks and Bottles (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Headquarters (about 500 feet away); C. S. Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery; (about 500 feet away); Small Beginnings (about 500 feet away); Combat Wounded Veterans (about 500 feet away); 1953 Tornado Memorial (about 500 feet away); Mercantile Explosion (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg.
Regarding Hotel Vicksburg. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
By1928 several projects were underway or had been completed which were expected to increase traffic through Vicksburg. … Realizing the investment potential of a new hotel and the importance of such a facility to the growth and prosperity of the city, realtor John S. Hoggatt, cotton dealer K. D. Wells, banker E. S. Butt, and merchant Edgar Leyens formed the Magnolia Hotel Company. They sold stock to "nearly every prominent citizen of the Hill City", hired architects, and leased the building for twenty years to the Austin-Atkins Hotel Company.
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Designed by the Chicago firm of H. L. Stevens and Company, architects and engineers who built only hotels, the building was first planned to be eight stories but was enlarged during construction to eleven. Completed at a cost of $550,000, the hotel's reinforced concrete construction was said to make the structure "practically everlasting" and "nearly fireproof," the building boasted a vacuum cleaning plant with a two-sweeper capacity and outlets and attachments on each floor, and a refrigeration system which supplied ice water to every room.
In constant use as a hotel until 1975, the building was purchased from the Magnolia Hotel Company by the present owner in 1978. Renovation and conversion of the hotel into luxury apartments is now in progress.
The 60-unit building, now known as The Vicksburg Apartments, changed
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 11, 2024
2. Hotel Vicksburg Marker
Arrow marks location of marker.
Also see . . . Hotel Vicksburg (PDF). National Register nomination for the building, which was listed in 1979. (Prepared by Adele Cramer; via Mississippi Department of Archives and History) (Submitted on April 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 11, 2024
3. Hotel Vicksburg
Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 47 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
