GPS Coordinates of

Dunbar Hotel United States

Central address: 4227 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011, USA

Elevation: 59.908
Time Zone: America/Los_Angeles

Latitude: 34° 0' 24.6456'' N
Longitude: 118° 15' 24.6564'' W

Dunbar Hotel, United States

The latitude of Dunbar Hotel is 34.006846, and the longitude is -118.256849. Dunbar Hotel is located in Los Angeles, United States with the gps coordinates of 34° 0' 24.6456'' N and 118° 15' 24.6564'' W. The category of Dunbar Hotel is Historic Sites.

The Dunbar Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Somerville, was the focal point of the Central Avenue African-American community in Los Angeles, California, during the 1930s and 1940s. Built in 1928, it was known for its first year as the Hotel Somerville. Upon its opening, it hosted the first national convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to be held in the western United States. In 1930, the hotel was renamed the Dunbar, and it became the most prestigious hotel in LA's African-American community. In the early 1930s, a nightclub opened at the Dunbar, and it became the center of the Central Avenue jazz scene in the 1930s and 1940s. The Dunbar hosted Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Lena Horne, and many other jazz legends. Other noteworthy people who stayed at the Dunbar include W. E. B. Du Bois, Joe Louis, Ray Charles, and Thurgood Marshall. Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson also ran a nightclub at the Dunbar in the 1930s.

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