Hotel Metropolitan

724 Jackson St., Paducah, Kentucky. County/parish: McCracken.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 12, 2002. NRIS 01001251.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • MC-NP-751

From Wikipedia:

Hotel Metropolitan Museum

Hotel Metropolitan Museum is a museum in historic hotel building in Paducah, Kentucky, U.S. The Hotel Metropolitan provided lodging for African Americans traveling through the area; was a stop on the Chitlin' Circuit, and was listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book. The Hotel Metropolitan Museum focuses on African American history.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123851331