Queen City Hotel Site
Queen City Hotel was the center of the African-American business
district in the mid-twentieth century. It was also the focus of
lodging and entertainment for the African-American community. It
was constructed, owned and operated in 1909 by Robert Walker, who
was once a slave.
The hotel played host to such luminaries as Louis Armstrong,
Pearl Bailey, B.B. King, Duke Ellington, Little Richard, and James
Brown, as well as many professional baseball players.
15th Street North and 7th Avenue North