On the corner of South 9th Street and Avenue A. Built on a site occupied first by a trader in hides and furs.Then in the 19th Century was home of the Royal Hotel. Later it became the site of the Clement Hotel, which offered the finest accommodations in the city. The Clement originally boasted sixty rooms and one of the best dining rooms in Lee County. Renamed the Martha Scott Hotel in 1966, it was nonetheless demolished only three years later, a victim of urban renewal. Today, the site is occupied by The Museum of East Alabama, which houses several artifacts of the old hotel.
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on January 25, 2005. View the original page.
