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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]
The Jasper Downtown Historic District comprises 400 acres (160 ha) of Jasper, Alabama, centered on the county courthouse. Most of the buildings in the district are commercial, with other uses including the Masonic Temple, the post office and city hall, several houses and a number of warehouses.
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.
WJLX (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jasper, Alabama. It airs a full-service oldies music format. [3] The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since January 29, 2008, when it swapped with then-sister station WLYJ. [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]
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]
Jasper High School (JHS, formerly Walker High School) is a public high school in Jasper, Alabama, United States.It is part of the Jasper City Schools district.. On June 20, 2016, the Jasper City Board of Education voted to rename the school to its current name, which came into effect in the 2017–2018 academic year.