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Winecoff Hotel, now the Ellis Hotel, Atlanta, GA,
built in 1913
The Winecoff is
best known for a fire that occurred there on Dec.9, 1946, in
which 119 people died. It remains the deadliest hotel fire
in U.S. history and the second worst hotel fire in world
history and prompted many changes in building codes. Guests
at the hotel that night included teenagers attending a Tri-Y
Youth Conference, Christmas shoppers, and people in town to
see a popular play. During the fire, a 26-year-old graduate
student at nearby Georgia Tech, became the first amateur to
win a Pulitzer Prize in Photography for his snapshot of a
woman (later identified as survivor Daisy McCumber) in
mid-air after jumping from the 11th floor of the hotel
during the fire. The hotel was Atlanta's tallest in
1946 and was advertised as "Fireproof", although it did not
have a sprinkler system, fire doors or fire escapes. Also,
the hotel was 15 stories tall and the Atlanta Fire
Department at that time only had ladder trucks reaching up
to the 8th floor.
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel
"The South's Supreme Hotel with 600 rooms".
Opened in 1924, it was the home of Radio Station WSB.
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel's Hunt Room
Cox-Carlton Hotel
Postmarked in 1958, it had 150 rooms on Peachtree
St.
Henry Grady Hotel on Peachtree
It had 550 rooms.
Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Kimball Hotel
Postmarked 1907.
Hotel Briarcliff, Atlanta, GA
Piedmont Hotel
Postmarked 1910.
Terminal Hotel, next to Terminal RR Station
Postmarked 1914.
Shady Rest Tourist Home
Ponce De Leon Ave., Atlanta, GA, postmarked
1943. Advertised as 300 feet from the street, in a
grove of 30 old Oak trees, running water and automatic heat.
Shady Rest Hotel, Atlanta
Stonewall Cottages, Smyrna, GA
Postmarked in 1938, it advertised hot and cold
water and a private shower.
Oaks Tourist Court, Stewart Ave, S.W., Atlanta, GA
Sunnyside Inn, 12 miles north of Atlanta on U. S. Hwy. 41
Piedmont Hotel dining room, Atlanta, GA
Cecil Hotel, Atlanta, GA
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