| Built in 1923 under the direction of architect William T. Nolan of New Orleans, this twelve-story hotel building is significant both for its architecture and for its long association with the political and social life of the capital city. By the 1960s the hotel was operating as the King Edward Hotel, which closed in 1967. Thereafter, the building stood vacant for over forty years before being renovated in 2009 to become the Hilton Garden Inn, which contains both hotel rooms and residential apartments. The hotel building was individually listed on the National Register on 7 November 1976, and it was later included as element #25 in the in the West Capitol Street Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 13 March 1980. The building was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 14 November 1990. It is included in "Jackson Landmarks" (1982) (pp. 156-158), "Jackson (Images of America)" (1998) (p. 23), "Chimneyville: Likenesses’ of Early Days in Jackson, Mississippi" (2007) (p. 101), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 247, JM28). |