It was built in 1847 by F.H. Chamberlain and stood two stories high featuring 40 rooms, a kitchen, dining room and a full-service bar called The Texas. It was located (and still is) on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, about half way from the entrance to the city.
During the Civil War, it served as a hospital for Confederate soldiers and there are 150 of their graves at Confederate Rest Cemetery at the hotel's Azalea Golf Course.
It reopened to the public in 1869.
A fire burned most of it down a few years later.
A Lot of Unaffordable History for Me. --Old B-Runner
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