Union Hotel

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Another hotel built to take advantage of passengers travelling through Union Station is the Union Hotel, built in 1908. The four story building is located only two blocks from Union Station and offered rooms to frequent rail travellers for only $1 per night, even as late as the 1960s. The original owner was P.C. Steele, but a group of bond holders took over control of the building in 1926. The hotel was leased for two years to C.W. Tucker from 1932 to 1934, but because of the onset of the Great Depression, he was unable to keep the hotel afloat. A couple with the last name Williams took over the store in 1934 and operated a restaurant on the first floor, helping keep the business profitable. The Williams left the property after World War II but re-acquired it in 1955, operating the hotel until it closed on December 18, 1973. In 1979 the building was listed not only as a contributing property to the Meridian Depot Historic District but also as an individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places. After being sold by the Williams family in 1981, the hotel was later converted into downtown apartments. When the Depot Historic District was combined with the Urban Center Historic District to become the Meridian Downtown Historic District in 2007, the hotel was again listed as a contributing property to the latter. #Meridian #Mississippi #MS #Union_Hotel