The South\'s finest and one of America\'s best-these words have always defined the world-famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Hotel continues to serve as an anchor for the restoration and revitalization of the downtown area of one of America\'s most important cities..
Today, the fully restored Peabody retains its reputation for legendary Southern hospitality and tasteful elegance.
The celebrated ducks swimming in the marble lobby fountain, parties in the skyway, or dancing on the open plantation roof to the music of the most renowned bands and orchestras of the day have all been part of this fabulous hotel\'s history.
It also became the social center of Memphis and the mid-South, and a haunt for the rich and famous.
It was then that the hotel\'s name became synonymous with elegance.
After more than 50 years, the original Hotel was replaced by a new 12-story, 615-room Hotel in 1925.
There, plantations were won or lost on a roll of the dice.
Its reputation for comfort, service, and fine dining grew along with Memphis\'s stature as "the river city, cotton capital, and birthplace of the blues." The most famous and infamous citizens of the era stayed at the original Peabody in its day.
The Peabody emerged from the war-torn, post-Civil War South in 1869 to become one of the finest hotels in America.
The South\'s finest and one of America\'s best-these words have always defined the world-famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
