Completed on August 29, 1925, the Andrew Jackson Hotel sat at the newly constructed intersection of 6th and Deadrick Street. The hotel was managed by the Dinkler Group, who operated hotels throughout the South, and desigend by Marr & Holman Architects. The first manager was an experienced hotelier from New York, Walter Chandler Jr. At the time of its construction it was heralded by local newspapers as “one of the finest hotel sites in America,” and an early hotel manager claimed it was the most modern hotel in the South. It was twelve stories tall and had four hundred rooms. It was constructed at the same time as War Memorial Plaza and boasted spectacular views of the new building and State Capitol. While it was open it hosted a number of esteemed guests including John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. The hotel was demolished on June 13, 1971 after the Nashville Housing Authority purchased the hotel to use the land for a then unknown urban renewal project. The James K. Polk State Office Building was constructed at the site in 1981.
Andrew Jackson Hotel
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Description
Completed on August 29, 1925, the Andrew Jackson Hotel sat at the newly constructed intersection of 6th and Deadrick Street. The hotel was managed by the Dinkler Group, who operated hotels throughout the South, and desigend by Marr & Holman Architects. The first manager was an experienced hotelier from New York, Walter Chandler Jr. At the time of its construction it was heralded by local newspapers as “one of the finest hotel sites in America,” and an early hotel manager claimed it was the most modern hotel in the South. It was twelve stories tall and had four hundred rooms. It was constructed at the same time as War Memorial Plaza and boasted spectacular views of the new building and State Capitol. While it was open it hosted a number of esteemed guests including John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. The hotel was demolished on June 13, 1971 after the Nashville Housing Authority purchased the hotel to use the land for a then unknown urban renewal project. The James K. Polk State Office Building was constructed at the site in 1981.