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Signature Inn began in 1981 in Indianapolis, Indiana, [4] while Jameson Inn was founded in 1987 in Winder, Georgia. [5]The company was purchased by JER Partners in 2006, at which point the chain comprised 107 properties. [6]
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-909, "First Methodist Church, 1900 Third Avenue North, Jasper, Walker County, AL", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. AL-979, " John Hollis Bankhead House, 1400 Seventh Avenue, Jasper, Walker County, AL ", 1 photo, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Jasper is a city in and the county seat of [2] Walker County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 14,352 as of the 2010 census. [ 3 ] Named in honor of Sergeant William Jasper , an American Revolutionary War hero, Jasper was settled around 1815 and incorporated on August 18, 1886.
State Route 102 (SR 102) is a 24.281-mile-long (39.076 km) east–west state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Alabama.The western terminus of the highway is at an intersection with U.S. Route 43 (US 43) approximately six miles (9.7 km) north of Fayette.
The Walker County Hospital, at 1100 7th Ave. in Jasper, Alabama, was built in 1923.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]It is an E-shaped, two-story brick building which served from 1923 to 1980 as a hospital, and, up to 1936, as the only hospital in Walker County.
The company was founded in Jasper, Alabama in 1935 by Heman Edward Drummond, an Alabama coal miner. [1] [2] [3] Drummond started mining on land he inherited from his family; he used mules to drag coal out of the mines. [1] When Drummond died in 1956, the company remained family-owned. [1]
The chain was founded in 1984 by Kemmons Wilson, who was also the founder of the successful Holiday Inn hotel chain. The company was also named after the founder. The company's first hotel was opened in 1984 near the entrance of Walt Disney World in Kissimmee, Florida. [1]
The Classical Revival-style house was built for John H. Bankhead in 1910. [3] He served in the Alabama Legislature, as a U.S. Representative, and as a U.S. Senator.His granddaughter, the award-winning actress Tallulah Brockman Bankhead and her sister Eugenia, were raised in the house when Congress was not in session. [2]