TUTWILER HOTEL

TUTWILER HOTEL

2021 Park Pl Birmingham AL 35203

In 1913, George Gordon Crawford, President of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, complained to Robert Jemison Jr., that when friends and officers from U.S. Steel came to town they had no decent place to stay. Immediately, Jemison challenged Crawford to join him in making the dream of a luxury hotel in Birmingham a realty. While Crawford assumed the duties of president of the new company, Jemison and W.P.G. Harding, President of the First National Bank, set out to secure the mortgage for the hotel. At Harding’s suggestion, they approached Major Edward Magruder Tutwiler. Major Tutwiler agreed to underwrite the first mortgage bonds. Then he added, “If agreeable, I wish they could call the hotel.

The Tutwiler.” Hence the “Tutwiler” brand was born. The Tutwiler opened its doors on June 15, 1914. More than 8,000 turned out in formal attire to see the newly-proclaimed “Grand Dame of Southern Hotels.” For the next 60 years, The Tutwiler was the hub of Birmingham’s business, social, and political circles. Hundreds of celebrities, politicians, and dignitaries walked through the doors of The Tutwiler Paid Advertisement Click on the ad for more information.

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