The hotel served as the center of local social life in the early part of the 20th century.

William Jennings Bryan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Henry Ford stayed at the hotel.

It had three display rooms used by traveling salesmen ("drummers") who could stay at the hotel and store and sell their merchandise there.

[2] The property, including Drummers' Building and sidewalk, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1982, as "Jaeckel Hotel".

[4] Also meeting there, on a monthly basis, were two committees, the Statesboro Planning Commission and the city's Alcohol Control Board.