Marsalis Mansion Motel

MARSALIS MANSION MOTEL
Opened at 110 Shrewsbury
Road in 1944 to serve
African Americans during
segregation. Proprietor
Ellis L. Marsalis, Sr.,
was Jazz musician family
patriarch & Civil Rights
pioneer. Closed in 1986.
SPONSORED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH HISTORICAL COMMISSION 2014


Article about the motel's history: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_88bca2d8-86f7-5d6c-b266-d8d46281c0dc.html

Famous guests included Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Ray Charles, Etta James, Dinah Washington, and Alvin Childress.

Ellis L. Marsalis Sr. was father of jazz musician and professor Ellis Marsalis Jr. and grandfather of jazz musicians Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason Marsalis.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.