{"id":3481,"date":"2015-09-30T21:32:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/?page_id=3481"},"modified":"2015-10-02T07:26:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:26:18","slug":"spotswood-hotel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/?page_id=3481","title":{"rendered":"Spotswood Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spotswood Hotel, located at the southeast corner of Eighth and Main Street in Richmond, Virginia, \u00a0opened for business on January 1, 1861, and burned to the ground on Christmas Day, 1870.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">President Jefferson Davis<\/span> stayed at the Spotswood in May, 1861, amid <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.civilwarrichmond.com\/written-accounts\/newspapers\/richmond-dispatch\/331-1861-05-30-richmond-dispatch-great-description-of-the-arrival-of-president-jefferson-davis-in-richmond-and-the-celebration-in-the-city-as-he-is-escorted-to-spotswood-hotel-later-he-reviewed-the-troops-at-camp-lee\">great fanfare<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3488 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ad.jpg\" alt=\"Ad\" width=\"344\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ad.jpg 344w, http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ad-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spotswoodhotelwf01cork_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3489 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spotswoodhotelwf01cork_0003.jpg\" alt=\"spotswoodhotelwf01cork_0003\" width=\"539\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spotswoodhotelwf01cork_0003.jpg 539w, http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spotswoodhotelwf01cork_0003-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3484\" style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-stereo-copy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3484\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-stereo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Spotswood stereo copy\" width=\"651\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-stereo-copy.jpg 651w, http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-stereo-copy-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Spotswood Hotel, April 15, 1865. Photograph by John Reekie. Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-Hotel-Fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3486 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-Hotel-Fire.jpg\" alt=\"Spotswood Hotel Fire\" width=\"564\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-Hotel-Fire.jpg 564w, http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spotswood-Hotel-Fire-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least eight people died in the fire and an <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=24990918\">online memorial<\/a><\/span> has been set up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilwarrichmond.com\/written-accounts\/newspapers\/richmond-dispatch\/4414-1870-12-26-richmond-dispatch-account-of-the-spotswood-hotel-fire-including-many-vignettes-of-of-close-escapes-and-accounts-of-the-deaths-of-erasmus-ross-former-clerk-of-libby-prison-and-others\">victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spotswood Hotel, located at the southeast corner of Eighth and Main Street in Richmond, Virginia, \u00a0opened for business on January 1, 1861, and burned to the ground on Christmas Day, 1870. 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