Myrtle Hill Bed & Breakfast

Surrounded by 12 acres of beautiful Victorian gardens, Myrtle Hill Bed & Breakfast, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, consists of two impeccably restored antebellum homes and outbuildings. Elegantly furnished with 18th and 19th century antiques, Myrtle Hill offers spacious accommodations and the opportunity to wander back to yesteryear without sacrificing the conveniences of today.

Begin your day with a plantation breakfast, visit the historic sites - Judson College (1838), Marion Military Institute (1842), Marion Genealogical Library - and browse in antique shops of antebellum Marion while you anticipate the wide porches, comfortable rockers, complimentary refreshments and the sounds of a Southern twilight that await your return.

Myrtle Hill Bed & Breakfast was featured in the April 1995 issue of Southern Living.

Myrtle Hill includes the Greek Revival home (1840) of Brigadier General George D. Johnston, CSA. Johnston served as Mayor of Marion (1856) and a member of the Alabama Legislature (1857-58). After the Civil War, General Johnston was Commandant of Cadets at the University of Alabama. From 1885-1890, he was Superintendent of the South Carolina Military Academy - The Citadel. After returning to Alabama, he was elected to the Senate.

• Marion is the home of the Confederate Stars & Bars, the Alabama Military Hall of Honor and the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.
• Perry County has over 100 structures dating before 1850.
• Myrtle Hill is available for lodging, reunions, weddings, tours, catered parties, luncheons, or dinners.
• In consideration of other guests, smoking is not permitted inside Myrtle Hill.

Mailing Address:
305 West Lafayette Street
Marion, Alabama 36756

Our location...
45 miles from Tuscaloosa
28 miles from Selma

Relax in any of our comfortable common areas, including a back porch with comfortable rocking chairs to rock the day away.

History abounds at Myrtle Hill Bed & Breakfast...
Original kitchen in back yard of Myrtle Hill

Stroll through our beautifully landscaped gardens...

From Birmingham (Approximately 1 1/2 hours)
Take 20/59 South toward Tuscaloosa
Take Exit 97 (West Blocton)
Turn left at the end of the ramp and continue straight for 3 miles
At the blinking light, turn left onto Hwy 5 South (45 miles)

From Mobile (Approximately 3 1/2 hours)
Take I-65 North
At I-65 Exit 19 (Creola) bare left off the interstate
Take Hwy 43 North (83 miles)
In Thomasville, Hwy 43 turns into Hwy 5 (62 miles)

From Meridian, Mississippi (Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes)
Take I-59 East to Cuba exit
Take Hwy 80 East
Continue on Hwy 80 to Hwy 5 (83 miles)
Turn left onto Hwy 5 and continue to Marion (16 miles)

From Montgomery (Approximately 1 1/2 hours)
Take Hwy 80 West through Selma
Turn right off of Hwy 80 onto Dallas County Road 45 (14 miles)

First called Muckle Ridge, Marion was renamed in honor of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," hero of the American Revolution. History abounds in Marion: Sam Houston, later of Texas fame, was married here to a local girl in 1840. The old City Hall (1832) is but one of many ante-bellum public buildings, churches and homes. The Southern and Northern Baptists split here in 1845 with the adoption of the "Alabama Resolution" by the Baptist State Convention. The first Confederate flag and the Confederate uniform were designed here by a teacher at the old Marion Female Seminary.

Marion is a growing city in Alabama that combines the best of the "old" and "new" South. Tradition and craft, combined with the desire to grow, are developing local resources into a better tomorrow.