The Ellis, a new boutique hotel

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The Ellis, a new boutique hotel

The WInecoff Hotel closed after a horrific 1946 fire. The building has had several uses since and is reopening Monday as The Ellis, a boutique hotel in downtown Atlanta.

All rooms at the Ellis come equipped with free wireless Internet connection, a 32-inch high-definition TV, an iPod docking alarm clock and ostrich leather headboards.

Stained wooden vanities harken back to the hotel's past. In the years after the Winecoff fire the building was the Peachtree on Peachtree Hotel and a Baptist home for the elderly.

Hotel employees Adamma Floyd, Ashley Jordan and Earnest Collins (from left) work in the lobby of the new Ellis Hotel. The 127-room boutique hotel will open Monday, hoping to compete against behemoths like the 1,600-room Marriott Marquis and ultra high-end hotels like the Ritz Carlton and Rosewood.

The E Street Bar is located on the second floor of the hotel, which will open Monday with 15 floors and 127 rooms.

A golden chandelier lights the stairway of the Ellis Hotel at the corner of Ellis and Peachtree streets. The hotel was formerly the Winecoff, site of the nation's worst hotel fire in 1946.

Built in 1913 by renowned architect William Lee Stoddard, the Winecoff was Atlanta's tallest and most luxurious hotel, featuring an open-air terrace dining room, coffee shop and lounge. The Ellis will feature two meeting rooms, a workout room, business center and outside dining terrace overlooking Peachtree Street.

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All rooms at the Ellis come equipped with free wireless Internet connection, a 32-inch high-definition TV, an iPod docking alarm clock and ostrich leather headboards.

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