An exterior wall of the historic Edistone Hotel collapsed Sunday night, prompting leaders involved in its restoration to push harder to save one of Selma’s most significant landmarks.

Edistone got a new owner when the Conservation Fund purchased the 19th-century structure on Water Avenue in 2025 with a goal of restoring it into a museum, co-working space and grocery store.

Todd and Cindy talk about the hotel in this segment of the Black Belt Newscast.

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