Hollywood Country Club

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The Hollywood Country Club was a private social club built by developer Clyde Nelson as part of his Hollywood residential subdivision in 1926. It was located along Shades Creek Parkway across from the site later used for the Brookwood Village mall.

The club was the original meeting place of the Freunde Deutscher Sprache und Kultur.

The 1947 Miss Alabama Dairy Queen pageant was held at the club. The first Homewood Armory was constructed nearby the same year.

In 1948 bandleader Dewitt Shaw leased the club and took over its management. His Spotlight Band began headlining on Saturday evenings.

The vacant club building was destroyed in a 1984 fire. A Courtyard by Marriott hotel now sits on the site.

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