The former Rossonian Hotel is a historic building which opened in 1912 as the
Baxter Hotel. They were able to stay at the hotel which catered to African Americans during the era of segregation. In 1929, the hotel name changed to The Rossonian, and was named after the hotel manager,
Albert Henderson Wade Ross (A. H. W. Ross) (1884–1939). Some sources state that Ross owned the Rossonian starting in either 1928 or 1929, and others state he owned it in the mid-1930s. The hotel ownership and management changed multiple times between 1929 and 1945. It has had various owners and redevelopment plans have been launched but as of 2021 none had been successfully completed. In 2024, plans to renovate the hotel were approved. ==Architecture==