Saturday, March 8, 2025

Colony Motor Hotel in Birmingham

As one often does, I was recently perusing the March 1963 issue of the Junior League of Birmingham Newssheet and came across this advertisement for the Colony Motor Hotel on the corner of Highland Avenue and 21st Street South. Constructed in 1961, the hotel originally opened with over 200 rooms, nightly dancing in the "Cloud Room" and a penthouse restaurant. In the mid-1960s the hotel became a Sheraton Motor Inn. The facility is now Highland Manor, an assisted living complex for senior citizens. 

Apparently, the Colony's existence was brief, but see below for at least one piece of memorabilia that has survived. 






This image from the BhamWiki shows the building in its Sheraton Motor Inn days.



Highland Manor in 2006

Source: BhamWiki



I found these matchbook images on eBay.









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