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Black entrepreneurs built the Dolphin Motor Hotel in 1959 as a first-class resort on segregated Jekyll, and its lounge joined the Chitlin' Circuit, drawing B.B. King, Percy Sledge, and Clarence Carter before closing in 1966.
Historical Marker
The Dolphin Motor Hotel
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About this site
The Dolphin Motor Hotel is a historical marker in Jekyll Island, Glynn County, erected in 2016. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.0169, -81.4266 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Beach Pavilion (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Beach Access, St. Andrews Beach, and Separate But Equal?.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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