List of African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses were founded during segregation in the United States, offering separate lodging and boarding facilities for African Americans. The Green Book (1936–1966) was a guidebook for African American travelers and included hotel, motel, and boarding house listings where they could stay.

Alabama A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama Dunbar Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama; in the Fourth Avenue Business District Hotel Ben Moore in Montgomery, Alabama Holiday Inn in Tuskegee, Alabama

California American Hotel in Los Angeles, California Booker T. Washington Hotel (formerly Hotel Edison) in San Francisco, California Buford Hotel in Western Addition, San Francisco, California California Hotel in Oakland, California Douglas Hotel in San Diego, California Dunbar Hotel in Los Angeles, California Powell Hotel in the Financial District, San Francisco, California Pullman Hotel at 236 Townsend Street in SoMA, San Francisco, California Madame C.J. Walker Home for Girls and Women in San Francisco, California; in the Lower Pacific Heights Scaggs Hotel in Western Addition, San Francisco, California

Colorado

Rossonian Hotel in Denver, Colorado Winks Panorama near Pinecliffe, Colorado

Florida Dunbar Hotel in Gainesville, Florida Georgette's Tea Room House in Miami, Florida Colson Hotel in Sarasota, Florida Mary Elizabeth Hotel in Overtown, Miami, Florida; owned by William B. Sawyer Hampton House in Miami, Florida Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, Florida Rogers Hotel in Central Avenue in Tampa Lewis Colson's Colson Hotel at 1428 Eighth Street in Overtown, Sarasota, Florida LaFrance Hotel in Delray Beach, Florida Ward Rooming House in Overtown, Miami, Florida

Illinois DuSable Hotel in Chicago, Illinois; likely named for Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Pershing Hotel in Chicago, Illinois

Kentucky

Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, Kentucky Hotel Southern Queen in Bowling Green, Kentucky

Michigan Gotham Hotel (Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan

Mississippi E. F. Young Hotel in Meridian, Mississippi owned by E. F. Young Jr. Queen City Hotel (Mississippi) in Columbus, Mississippi Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, Mississippi Summers Hotel and Subway Lounge in Jackson, Mississippi

Missouri

Douglas Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri Streets Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri

New York Marshall Hotel (New York City) in New York City, New York Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City, New York

North Carolina Greensbook Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina Magnolia House in Greensboro, North Carolina Rhone Hotel in New Bern, North Carolina

Ohio Edgemont Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio Manse Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio Majestic Hotel (Cleveland, Ohio) in Cleveland, Ohio Collingwood Motel in Toledo, Ohio

Oklahoma Gurley Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma; owned by Ottawa W. Gurley Stradford Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma Littlepage Hotel in Deep Deuce, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

South Carolina

Ebony Guest House, Florence, South Carolina Pine Tree Hotel in Mosquito Beach, South Carolina James Hotel (or St. James Hotel), in Charleston, South Carolina

Tennessee

Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee Mitchell Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee

Virginia

Hotel Dumas in Roanoke, Virginia Eggleston Hotel in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia

Washington, D.C. Wormley Hotel in Washington, D.C. Shakespeare House in Washington, D.C. (Grace Nail Johnson was part of the family)

Wisconsin Dietz home, or Casablanca Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other areas Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis, Minnesota; named for Phillis Wheatley Golden West Hotel in Portland, Oregon Douglass Hotel in Macon, Georgia Hotel Lincoln in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Powell Hotel in Dallas, Texas Hill Top House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; African American owned hotel

See also African American resorts African American businesses Chitlin' circuit

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