[2] The building was purchased by Jewish couple, Harry and Florence Markowitz, who remodeled the existing hotel into the Hampton House Motel, which opened in 1961.
The remodeled Hampton House Motel was designed by architect Robert Karl Frese in the Miami Modern architecture style.
[3] Threatened with demolition, a local advocacy group worked to declare its block a historic district in 2002, and the building was eventually purchased by Miami-Dade county.
Beginning in 2015, the building began a $6 million restoration project with plans to open a museum, community center, cafe, jazz club, and gift shop.
[1] The hotel serves as the site of a fictional meeting between Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown in the 2020 film One Night in Miami.