Delmar Hotel
Known Name(s)
Delmar Hotel
Address
1820 Jefferson St. Nashville, TN
Establishment Type(s)
Hotel
Physical Status
Extant
Detailed History
Built 1950, 2-story concrete block hotel and pool hall, still standing; Survey #DV.007253; included in 1955 Nationwide Hotel Association list of Better Hotels; other in TN was Martin Hotel in Chattanooga (Ebony, May 1955: 94); 8/4/1951 Tennessean article about robbery; 1950-1951, also John Hines Billiards; 1953-1956, also Harry S. Guess Billiards, Guess was father of Francis Guess (1946-2014) prominent Civil Rights leader and businessman in Nashville; 1953-1955, 1820a home of Dr. Frank Anthony Perry (1921-1995), surgeon and professor at Meharry, and wife Clara; 1950-1955, 1820b was home of Eugene and Francis Kilgore, he was a student at Meharry and she worked at Meharry; 1957-1958 CD, also housed Northside Recreation Center Billiards (pool hall); 1958, 1820a was home of Mrs. Kathryn S. Spears (office worker NHA), 1820b was vacant; 1957, 1820a & b vacant; detached house with apartments 1820A&B demo'd in 1996; Harry Guess listed as hotel manager in 1955 "Go" black travel guide.
