Reviewed by: Pat Byington
Mobile hotel among new Historic Hotels of America list
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
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.
— Historic Hotels (@HistoricHotels) January 31, 2024
View the entire list here: https://t.co/QVHD8Jefek
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
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