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The Winecoff Hotel Fire
 
Marker detail: Hotel Fire
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1 ► Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge — Winecoff Memorial — Winecoff Hotel Fire — December 7, 1946 —
The Winecoff Hotel fire of December 7, 1946, was the deadliest hotel fire in United States history, killing 119 hotel occupants, including seven Bainbridge High School students along with their teacher Miss Mary Davis. They were in Atlanta . . . — — Map (db m257891) HM
2 ► Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Fairlie-Poplar — 060-175 — The Winecoff Fire —
This is the site of the worst hotel fire in U.S. history. In the predawn hours of December 7, 1946, the Winecoff Hotel fire killed 119 people. The 15-story building still stands adjacent to this marker. At the time, this building had neither fire . . . — — Map (db m59667) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Oct. 10, 2026