[1][2] The hotel has fallen into disrepair after being occupied by squatters, later removed during a failed effort at a Libyan-funded renovation.

It is located at the end of Broad Street across from United Nations Boulevard in Monrovia's main business district.

[5][6] The inauguration ceremony was an international affair, attended by President Sekou Toure of Guinea, and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir, among others.

[11] The Ducor's various amenities, such as its pool, tennis courts, and a French restaurant, made it popular with tourists from the Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, as well as visiting professionals from the US, Europe, and Asia.

[12] With political uncertainty looming, the Ducor Hotel closed in 1989, just before the coup led by Charles Taylor which ousted President Samuel Doe and marked the beginning of the First Liberian Civil War.