| Built in 1908, on May 16,
1938, the Terminal Hotel was the site of the worst fire in Atlanta
history until that time. Shortly after 3:00 a.m. fire swept
through the hotel, killing thrity-four men, women and children. A
number of the victims were railroad men, scheduled to go out on the
morning train. Source: "Atlanta and Environs, A Chronicle of Its People and Events, Vol II" by Franklin M. Garrett, ©1954 by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc.,. Reprinted 1969 by University of Georgia Press. |