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Dwayne Britton's son Jason gives a tour of the family-owned Miller Hotel building, soon to become a restaurant, snack bar and upstairs bed and breakfast.
A Dadeville landmark predating Lake Martin is coming back to life.
The Miller Hotel, once a mainstay of Dadeville's courthouse square, shut down in the 1950s and after a short second life in the '80s as a furniture store, has sat vacant ever since. Now Alexander City business owner Dwayne Britton, who bought the Broadnax Street building in 2019, is promising a bed-and-breakfast hotel, restaurant, snack stand and small entertainment venue by the end of the year.
PHOTOS: Miller Hotel restoration underway
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Only one room in the old Miller Hotel still has its room number marked. Despite the "38," the hotel only ever had about dozen rooms on the second floor.
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Much of the original ceiling tiles remain in a corner of the building Dwayne Britton intends to turn into a snack bar serving ice cream and hot dogs.
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Dwayne Britton's son Jason gives a tour of the family-owned Miller Hotel building, soon to become a restaurant, snack bar and upstairs bed and breakfast.
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Dwayne Britton's son Jason gives a tour of the family-owned Miller Hotel building, soon to become a restaurant, snack bar and upstairs bed and breakfast.
Siri Hedreen / The Outlook
A new restaurant, snack bar and bed and breakfast are set to open in the old Miller Hotel building on Dadeville's courthouse square by the end of 2022.Â
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A new restaurant, snack bar and bed and breakfast are set to open in the old Miller Hotel building on Dadeville's courthouse square by the end of 2022.Â
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A spiral staircase leads to what were once hotel rooms above a restaurant and soda fountain.Â
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A spiral staircase leads to what were once hotel rooms above a restaurant and soda fountain.Â
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The Miller Hotel's upstairs rooms once overlooked the courthouse square but have since been bricked over.
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An antique light fixture salvaged in the renovations awaits new life.Â
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A cornerstone marks the completion of the Miller Hotel in 1923, across the street from the Tallapoosa County Courthouse on Broadnax Street.
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An old postcard depicts the Miller Hotel in its former glory, across the street from the Tallapoosa County Courthouse in Dadeville.Â
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Nora Miller, founder of the Miller Hotel, lived next door to her business on Broadnax Street. An early an investor in Alabama Power, Miller is credited for convincing the company to construct Martin Dam.
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An old postcard depicts the once-grand facade of the Miller Hotel across the street from the Tallapoosa County Courthouse. The windows of the upstairs hotel rooms have since been bricked over, though the Brittons intend to change that by the end of the year.
