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Remember When photo reveals Decatur Bismarck Hotel history
Readers share vivid memories of the Bismarck Hotel once across from Decatur Union Station. From its 1875 1880 origin as The Exchange Hotel to owners Albies 1883 sale for 5000 dollars, the building housed dances, a yellow fever era free hospital, and a saloon. Accounts name rooms rates up to 2 a night, staff including Ed Albies and George La Croix, and later decline after WWI ending in fire.
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Decatur
Union Station
Ponsonby Kyle
Exchange Hotel
T. C. Almon
Conrad H. Albies
Frank Young
Albies
von Bismarck
August
Judge Almon
Emmett Sanders
Ernest Carriger
Mr. Kyle
Wilson
Daily
Walter H. Todd
Bismarck
Black Hotel
Polk House
LaFayette and
Reailroad Sts
Church St
Todd
Dave Martin
Birmingham
Mr. Todd
Ed Albies
George la Croix
Dan Miller
Tode
Wil McDermott
Nellie Bernadi
Ed Berry
Evelyn W. Hunt
T. P. Carter
Vinemont
Pulaski
Tenn
Mr. Carter
Billy Goat Hill
Carters
Stanley
L. C. Stout
Sam Irvin