Historical Marker

Winecoff Memorial

Bainbridge · Decatur County

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The Story

This memorial remembers seven Bainbridge High School students and their teacher who died in Atlanta's 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history, killing 119 people.

About this site

Winecoff Memorial is a historical marker in Bainbridge, Decatur County. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Decatur County, among 86 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.9061, -84.5760 near Bainbridge. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Bainbridge Volunteers (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Samuel Marvin Griffin, Civil War Cannon, and Decatur County.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 30.9061, -84.5760 · Bainbridge, Decatur County

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