• Discover the bronze alligator statue upon arriving in the hotel’s circle drive on historic Franklin Street. These statues commemorate the alligators that lived in the hotel’s Palm Court fountains and roamed the lobby area until 1948.

• Since opening in 1895, The Jefferson Hotel has hosted 13 United States Presidents, including Harrison, McKinley, Wilson, Coolidge, Taft, both Roosevelts (Theodore and Franklin Delano), Truman, Reagan, both Bushes (George H.W and George W.), Clinton and Obama.

• Descend the grand staircase to reach the ornate Rotunda lobby, with its gleaming marble floors, stained-glass skylight, and massive marble columns.