The Hu. Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, United States, located in the historic former Tennessee Trust Bank building.

History

Construction

Built in 1905, the 14-story Tennessee Trust Building was among downtown Memphis' first "skyscrapers." The building's architects, the firm of Charles 0. Pfeil (1871–1952) and George M. Shaw (1870–1919) were noted at the time for designing buildings with ornate, classical styling and massing. The building was constructed with a large underground vault, which is currently re-purposed as the hotel gym. The scroll pattern on the west facade of the Tennessee Trust Building is visible on other downtown Memphis buildings from the era designed by Shaw & Pfeil. For instance, the firm's Memphis Fire Engine House #1 (1910) and the Memphis Police Station (1911) are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Tennessee Trust Building was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1982.

Hotel conversion

In 2002, Unison Hotel Co. acquired the deteriorating structure and converted it into an upscale 110-room boutique hotel, the Madison Hotel. In 2016, the hotel was sold to the Chicago-based Aparium Hotel Group, which renamed it the Hu. Hotel in 2018.Aparium rebrands Madison Hotel and restaurant

Gallery

Image:Madison avenue Memphis.jpg, View west on Madison Avenue, with the building prominently featured on the left (1906) Image:MadisonHotelFacadeMemphisLaw.jpg, Awning of Madison Hotel, with The University of Memphis, School of Law in the background Image:MadisonHotelFront.jpg

References

{{Memphis, Tennessee Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Skyscraper hotels in Memphis, Tennessee Hotel buildings completed in 1906 Hotels established in 2002 National Register of Historic Places in Memphis, Tennessee 1906 establishments in Tennessee