- Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Winecoff Hotel Fire
- Creator:
- Fitspatrick, Unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1946-12-07
- Subject:
- Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighting--Georgia--Atlanta
Firefighting equipment--Georgia--Atlanta
Equipment
Water use--Georgia--Atlanta
Rescue work--Georgia--Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
Ellis Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of firefighters attempting to put out the fire in the Winecoff Hotel (now the Ellis Hotel) in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Winecoff Hotel was built in 1913 in the 100 block of Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta. The hotel burned in a fire in 1946 that killed 119 people. The fire prompted immediate changes to building and fire codes. The building re-opened in the 1950's as the Peachtree On Peachtree Hotel. In 2007 the building was reopened as the Hotel Ellis. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 33.49.05
ahc033049005a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/736
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white safety film
- Original Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
