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The '''National 9 Inn''' was a 5-story, 120 room motel located at 2224 [[5th Avenue North]] in downtown Birmingham. It was constructed before [[1963]] as the '''Downtowner Motor Inn'''.
The '''Downtowner Motor Inn''' was a 5-story, 120 room motel located at 2224 [[5th Avenue North]] in downtown Birmingham. It was constructed before [[1963]] on the corner of [[23rd Street North|23rd Street]] and was later re-branded as the '''Best Southern Inn''', part of the '''National 9 Inn''' chain.


On [[October 31]], [[1995]], the body of Michael Propes, 45, was found in one of the units by a maid. This was later ruled as [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1995|Birmingham's 109th homicide of that year]].
On [[October 31]], [[1995]], the body of Michael Propes, 45, was found in one of the units by a maid. This was later ruled as [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1995|Birmingham's 109th homicide of that year]].

Revision as of 13:22, 1 December 2013

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The Downtowner Motor Inn was a 5-story, 120 room motel located at 2224 5th Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. It was constructed before 1963 on the corner of 23rd Street and was later re-branded as the Best Southern Inn, part of the National 9 Inn chain.

On October 31, 1995, the body of Michael Propes, 45, was found in one of the units by a maid. This was later ruled as Birmingham's 109th homicide of that year.

The building was demolished in 2004 to make way for a parking lot.

References

  • Metro News Briefs (November 2, 1995) "Body found in motel was of Texas man". The Birmingham News
  • Sanborn Map, Birmingham 1969 vol. 1, Sheet 20

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