Creation Date
1890
Decade
1890
Subject
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Buildings, Hotels -- Alabama, Dormitories, Boardinghouses
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Description
The Jacksonville Mining and Manufacturing Company constructed the Alleghany Hotel and 100-horse stable near the town square. The hotel also went by the name the Iron Queen Hotel. The hotel was rented as a dormitory for the first boarding students at the State Normal School. In the early 1900s the name of the building changed to Hotel Pelman. In 1917 it was destroyed by a fire. (circa 1890)
Date Digitized
August 2017
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Rights
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Location
The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 1, Item 18.
Identifier
http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1890/PSP1890schoolbuildings_00018.tif
Technical Metadata
Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 575 dpi. The file name is PSP1890schoolbuildings_00018.tif; file size is 11.2 MB. Original image is 5 by 7 on glossy photographic paper
Keywords
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Buildings, Hotels -- Alabama, Dormitories, Boardinghouses