The Trout House was one of three hotels in antebellum Atlanta, Georgia, along with the Atlanta Hotel and Washington Hall. It was built in 1849 by Jeremiah F. Trout.[1] It was a four-story brick building at the southwest corner of Decatur and Pryor Streets, facing the union depot and State Square.[2]
Confederate President Jefferson Davis spoke here during his visit to Atlanta of February 16, 1861, although he did not spend the night.[3]
The hotel was destroyed during General Sherman's burning of Atlanta.
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- ^ 'Garrett, Franklin M. Atlanta & Environs, vol. 1,' p. 374. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1969, ISBN 0-8203-0263-5
- ^ Pioneer citizens' history of Atlanta, 1833-1902, p.29
- ^ Papers of Jefferson Davis, p.43