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Landmark Hotel Talisi Burns Posted by Danny, on November 30th, 2009, at 4:27 pm
StClairCountyAL.com has a fond write-up (”It’s my favorite eating place in all of Alabama.”) on the hotel from last December. Thanks to reader J. Related Articles: 4 comments to Landmark Hotel Talisi Burns |
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Tallassee’s landmark Hotel Talisi was 
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The Hotel Talisi did not burn to the ground. It was severely damaged, probably beyond repair, by a fire that is assumed to have started in or outside the consignment shop across the alley. The shop was completely destroyed, and the hotel lost its roof and suffered heavy damage, but the walls are still standing and some things inside were salvagable.
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Thanks, Jennifer. I have corrected the post title. Not sure what I saw, read, or otherwise invented that made me think differently.
The Birmingham News site also has pictures. It’s a sad story.
Historic hotel destroyed in blaze
http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/hotel_talisi_destroyed_in_fire/112421/
This contains an article, plus video and a 40 photo slide show.
Arrest, charges made in historic hotel arson
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=11590245