King Edward Hotel, Colonial Revival hotel in downtown Jackson, United States
The King Edward Hotel is a twelve-storey Beaux-Arts building of beige brick at Capitol and Mill Streets in downtown Jackson, designed by New Orleans architect William Nolan. Its stone base holds large rectangular windows, a corner entrance and a purple "PARKIN" sign beside red awnings; above, a grid of evenly spaced windows rises past decorative stone panels to a rooftop sign reading "KING EDWARD". It reopened in 2009 as the Hilton Garden Inn Jackson Downtown with 186 rooms and 64 apartments.
The building opened in 1923 and initially served legislators and railway travelers in the region. It closed in 1967 and remained empty for four decades before undergoing major restoration work in the late 2000s.
In December 1930, Okeh Records used a room at the hotel to record a series of blues sessions, part of the label's field recordings made in Jackson. The building later reopened in 2009 with the King Edward Grill and King Edward Bar, named after the hotel itself.
The building functions as an active hotel with public access to dining areas, fitness facilities, and guest services. Visitors can explore the restored interiors in the lobby areas to see how original architectural details were preserved during the modern renovation.
In December 1930, Okeh Records used a room at the hotel to record a number of important blues sessions. The building was then still the Edwards Hotel, and the recordings predate the 1954 renaming by more than two decades.
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