LOXLEY, Alabama --- Get ready to get "All Shook Up," Danny's Way on Saturday, Feb. 4 as Elvis impersonator Danny Rand will perform a benefit concert at the Loxley Civic Center.

Proceeds from the benefit will go toward restoring the Old Loxley Hotel to a historic museum, gallery and gift shop.

"We are counting on the community to come together and help with donations as well as corporate grants to complete the project," said Valerie Foy, who is spearheading the project. "It will be a community effort and a great asset once it is completed."

The hotel was built around 1905 by John Marold and his wife Ephrium, just before the railroad was constructed from Bay Minette to Foley. The hotel was located in front of the railroad, opposite the railroad depot.

"As the train came through Loxley on its way to Foley, the train would stop and passengers could rest in the hotel or continue on to Foley," Foy said.

Marold became a widower and married two other women. The last, Nanny Stapleton, became the owner after Marold died in 1934. Stapleton ran the hotel until her death in 1946.

"She was credited for making the best biscuits in town and when she passed away, her daughter, Mable Stapleton Rossing took over running the hotel and the job of making biscuits," Foy said.

Jake Jacobs who owned a dry goods store next door, bought the hotel following Rossing's unexpected death in 1946. He added on a side room with a door as a little apartment to live in while running the store. He also enclosed the wrap-around porch on the south side of the building on both floors which has no siding to date, increasing the size of the building from 4,176 square feet to 5,828 square feet.

The building was abandoned somewhere in the late 1970s and has sat empty ever since. Judy Wilkins bought the hotel around 2000 and tried to do some recovery work in it to convert the building into offices, but has since abandoned the project, Foy said.

"The roof was replaced after Hurricane Ivan and much of the false or second ceiling on the first floor has been taken away," Foy said. "Antique pieces are already earmarked for the building and there are plans to open the museum for community use for art and quilting shows."

Foy estimates about $300,000 is needed to renovate the building. The first project to tackle will be the foundation, she said.

"For a one hundred-year-old house it's pretty stable," she said, "but there are places which rotting wood and settling piers need to be replaced."

The hotel was declared a historic landmark on Dec. 15 by the Alabama Historical Commission.

Barbecue plates, costing $7 each will be on sale from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Center on Saturday. Ran will perform beginning at 7 p.m. with tickets costing $7 each. There will also be a bake sale and silent auction.

"Of course we will accept any and all donations at the door above the price of admission," Foy said.

For reservations call Foy at 251-978-4666 or Loxley Civic Center Events Coordinator Joey Knight at 251-964-7733.