The Trout House was one of three hotels in

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, along with the Atlanta Hotel and Washington Hall. It was built in 1849 by Jeremiah F. Trout. It was a four-story brick building at the southwest corner of Decatur and Pryor Streets, facing the union depot and

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spoke here during his visit to Atlanta of February 16, 1861, although he did not spend the night.''Papers of Jefferson Davis'', p.43
/ref> The hotel was destroyed during

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's burning of Atlanta.

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