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'''Holiday Inn''' is a national motel chain with several locations in the [[Birmingham District]]. The first local Holiday Inn motel was erected in [[1954]] at 4301 [[Bessemer Super Highway]] across from the [[Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company]] offices. The $500,000 project was undertaken by [[Richard Hall Brown]]'s [[B-D Development Co.]]. With 80 air-conditioned rooms, a swimming pool, restaurant and service station, it claimed to be the "largest motel in the Birmingham district." Space was reserved on the 850-foot by 300-foot site for an additional 20 rooms.
'''Holiday Inn''' is a national motel chain with several locations in the [[Birmingham District]]. The first local Holiday Inn motel was erected in [[1954]] at 4301 [[Bessemer Super Highway]] across from the [[Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company]] offices. The $500,000 project was undertaken by [[Richard Hall Brown]]'s [[B-D Development Co.]]. With 80 air-conditioned rooms, a swimming pool, restaurant and service station, it claimed to be the "largest motel in the Birmingham district." Space was reserved on the 850-foot by 300-foot site for an additional 20 rooms.


Three more Holiday Inn were developed in [[1962]] by franchisee [[Shades Crest Motels]]. Those first locations used architectural designs created by Memphis-based architect William Bond and were built by the chain's own construction division. [[Allen Bartlett]] served as local architect of record.
Four more Holiday Inn were developed in [[1962]] by franchisee [[Don Marshall]] of [[Shades Crest Motels]]. Those locations used architectural designs created by Memphis-based architect William Bond and were built by the chain's own construction division. [[Allen Bartlett]] served as local architect of record. In [[1968]] Marshall's four Holiday Inns were acquired by Holiday Inns of America Inc. in a $7 million stock swap.


==Locations==
==Locations==
* 4301 [[Bessemer Super Highway]] (1954-), now [[Hiway Host Motel]]
* [[Holiday Inn-Bessemer]], 4301 [[Bessemer Super Highway]] (built 1954, damaged by fire 1972), now [[Hiway Host Motel]]
* 1608 [[11th Avenue North]] (1958)
* 1608 [[11th Avenue North]] (1958)
* 1313 [[3rd Avenue North]], [[Birmingham]] (1962–) with a [[Britling|Britling Holiday Inn]] restaurant), now [[Kings Inn]]
* [[Holiday Inn-Downtown Birmingham]] 1313 [[3rd Avenue North]], [[Birmingham]] (built 1962) with a [[Britling|Britling Holiday Inn]] restaurant), now [[Kings Inn]]
* 7941 [[Crestwood Boulevard]] ([[U. S. Highway 78]]), [[Eastwood]] (1962–), later [[USA Economy Lodge]] (closed 2021)
* [[Holiday Inn-Eastwood]], 7941 [[Crestwood Boulevard]] (built 1962), later [[USA Economy Lodge]] (closed 2021)
* [[U. S. Highway 31]], [[Hoover]] (1962–)
* [[Holiday Inn-South]], 1548 [[Montgomery Highway (Hoover)|Montgomery Highway]] at [[Columbiana Road]] in [[Hoover]] (built 1962)
* Holiday Inn Birmingham-Airport: 5000 [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard|10th Avenue North]]
* [[Holiday Inn-Civic Center]], also called [[Holiday Inn No. 5]], 2230 [[10th Avenue North]] (built 1962)
* [[Holiday Inn-Hoover]], 2901 [[John Hawkins Parkway]], [[Hoover]]
* [[Holiday Inn Birmingham-Airport]], 5000 [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]]
* [[Parliament House Hotel]], operated as [[Holiday Inn-20th Place]] in [[1979]]
* [[Holiday Inn-Pelham]], 260 [[Cahaba Valley Road]]


==References==
==References==
* "$500,000 project—Swank motel to be built between city, Bessemer" (February 1954) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* "$500,000 project—Swank motel to be built between city, Bessemer" (February 1954) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* Allen, Fred (January 1962) "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/HolidayInn%20(01-62).jpg Holiday Inn plans plush motel in city]" {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* Allen, Fred (January 1962) "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/HolidayInn%20(01-62).jpg Holiday Inn plans plush motel in city]" {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* "[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120169320/holiday-inns-inc-to-buy-city-inns/ Holiday Inns Inc. To Buy City Inns]." (August 7, 1968) {{BPH}}, p. 3


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 14:50, 4 March 2023

This article is about the motel chain. For the nightclub, see Holiday Inn Club.

Holiday Inn is a national motel chain with several locations in the Birmingham District. The first local Holiday Inn motel was erected in 1954 at 4301 Bessemer Super Highway across from the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company offices. The $500,000 project was undertaken by Richard Hall Brown's B-D Development Co.. With 80 air-conditioned rooms, a swimming pool, restaurant and service station, it claimed to be the "largest motel in the Birmingham district." Space was reserved on the 850-foot by 300-foot site for an additional 20 rooms.

Four more Holiday Inn were developed in 1962 by franchisee Don Marshall of Shades Crest Motels. Those locations used architectural designs created by Memphis-based architect William Bond and were built by the chain's own construction division. Allen Bartlett served as local architect of record. In 1968 Marshall's four Holiday Inns were acquired by Holiday Inns of America Inc. in a $7 million stock swap.

Locations

References

External links

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