Historic Hotels of America recently published a new list of hotels across the country that have played significant roles in U.S. presidential history, and included Mobile’s Battle House Hotel among its list.

The 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Where U.S. Presidents Made History list was released yesterday, and the historic Mobile hotel was a prominent inclusion.

The Battle House Hotel’s presidential history

Battle House Hotel Front — Historic Hotels of America included the Battle House Hotel in its recent list. (Liv George / The Bama Buzz)

Originally founded as Battle House Hotel in the 1850s, the hotel has hosted multiple presidents and government leaders over the years.

Early on, the site of the hotel served as General (and future president) Andrew Jackson’s base in the War of 1812, and has also hosted the likes of Senator Henry Clay, General Winfield Scott, and U.S. President Millard Fillmore.

What likely places the Battle House on the Historic Hotels of America list is a famous visit by Pres. Woodrow Wilson.

Wilson stayed at the Battle House in 1913 when members of the Southern Commercial Congress held a Presidential Breakfast in his honor, and during his visit to Mobile he gave his often-quoted speech in which he said, “The United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest.”

The Historic Hotels of America list

Historic Hotels of America has unveiled the 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels Where U.S. Presidents Made History list. These hotels offer a chance to relive history through favorite suites, golf courses, experiences, and more.

View the entire list here: https://t.co/QVHD8Jefek
— Historic Hotels (@HistoricHotels) January 31, 2024

The Historic Hotels list was not in a particular order, but includes:

John Rutledge House Inn (1763) Charleston, South Carolina
Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn (1766) Rhinebeck, New York
The Omni Homestead Resort (1766) Hot Springs, Virginia
Historic Inns of Annapolis (1772) Annapolis, Maryland
Omni Bedford Springs Resort (1806) Bedford, Pennsylvania
Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa (1852) Mobile, Alabama
The Menger Hotel (1859) San Antonio, Texas
Palace Hotel (1875) San Francisco, California
The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa (1876) Riverside, California
Jekyll Island Club Resort (1887) Jekyll Island, Georgia
The Strater Hotel (1887) Durango, Colorado
The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection (1892) Denver, Colorado
Hotel Colorado (1893) Glenwood Springs, Colorado
St. Louis Union Station Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton (1894) St. Louis, Missouri
The Fairmont Hotel San Francisco (1907) San Francisco, California
The Hermitage Hotel (1910) Nashville, Tennessee
Omni William Penn (1916) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Broadmoor (1918) Colorado Springs, Colorado
Hilton Fort Worth (1921) Fort Worth, Texas
The George Washington Hotel (1922) Washington, Pennsylvania
Historic Hotel Bethlehem (1922) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Hilton Chicago (1927) Chicago, Illinois
Omni Shoreham Hotel (1930) Washington, DC
The Capital Hilton (1943) Washington, DC
Fairmont Century Plaza (1961) Los Angeles, California