Mobile, Alabama -- U.S. 90

OPENED	OWNERSHIP	AMENITIES - 1960	STATUS
1951	W.G. "Mac" McGrady	113 rooms tile baths carpeted floors room telephones air-conditioned hotel service approved by AAA and Duncan Hines	Demolished

Unlike the Indianapolis, Nashville, and Louisville locations, the three Alabama St. Francis Hotel Courts were more like authentic Alamo Plazas--just without the name. Employing most of the features and methods learned from his uncle, Lee Torrance, Mac McGrady created his own Alabama realm of hospitality. Pretentiously naming his locations after the famous St. Francis Hotel of San Francisco, his properties were nonetheless accepted into the growing chain of Alamo Plazas. Later when Bill Farner tried his had at franchising, the St. Francis Hotel Courts all joined as associate members.