H E Jordan Station Hotel Market Hotel Station Street Dudley Street

[Vivienne14]

Can anyone confirm if H E Jordan, Proprietor of Jordan's Station Hotel, Jordan's Kensington Dining Rooms and the wicker basket wholesale manufacturer in Station Street, is the same person ?



Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[BrummieGeoff]

The Station Hotel (aka Market Hotel) and the Basket Wholesaler/Manufacturer were adjacent in Station Street, and both listed in 1890 Kelly's to Henry E Jordan.

 

[pjmburns]

1892 Kelly's has 2 entries:

 

[pjmburns]

However 1890 Kelly's


In post 1 there seem to be 2 establishments for dining.
1887 Station Hotel Station Street
1891 Dining Hall High Street

 

[Vivienne14]

That's great Geoff and Janice. Maybe Edward, of the Kensington Dining Hall was related. Thank you.

 

[Vivienne14]

Geoff your insurance map in post #2 is interesting in relation to the Crown, Station Street thread. Shall copy your post to that thread. Thanks for posting.

 

[mikejee]

For those who no longer live in Birmingham, it should be noted that the Market Hotel building is still standing, now a "Comfort Inn". though has added the basket warehouse next door to it, the building being in a similar style

 

[Vivienne14]

An advert in 1929 announces enlarging the Hotel to provide an assembly room. Mr Havens was Hotel Manager. And in 1943 a move to include slogans in their advertising.

According to Historic England :

"By the time of the 1937 Goad plan, the warehouse section of the building on its western side has been incorporated into the hotel. The presence of an early-C20 stair in what is now (2024) the reception of the hotel would suggest that this happened early in the century, understood to be after 1913. This conversion also involved the replacement of the timber street frontage to the warehouse with the present stone and brick frontage. In the late-C20 a number of windows across the building were replaced"




Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[BrummieGeoff]

This photo of Station Street clearly shows the Jordan name on the building that houses his basket business and the Market Hotel.