Winecoff Hotel

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The Winecoff Hotel is a former hotel located in downtown Atlanta. It is most known for the deadly fire that occurred there on December 7, 1946, in which 119 people died. At the time, it was the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history, and prompted many changes in building codes. The building reopened after extensive remodeling (including modern fire precautions) in the early 1950s as the Peachtree on Peachtree Hotel. The hotel was later turned into a home for the elderly, and it was shuttered in the early 1980s. After over two decades of vacancy, ground broke on a $23 million renovation project in April 2006. The project will restore the building into a boutique luxury hotel, to be called the Hotel Ellis after the street that runs along the north side of the building. It is slated to be complete in August of 2007.


 

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