Exchange Hotel
Information about the Exchange Hotel in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

The Exchange Hotel was located on the southeast corner of 14th and Franklin streets. The Ballard House was connected to the Exchange Hotel by a footbridge which ran across Franklin street.

Written Accounts

1861-04-15, Richmond Dispatch; account of the response in Richmond to the fall of Fort Sumter; extensive celebration and flag-raising at the Tredegar Iron Works
1861-04-15, Richmond Dispatch; Catesby Jones and Capt. Pegram are at the Exchange Hotel; M. F. Maury and R. M. T. Hunter are at the Spotswood
1861-04-23, Richmond Dispatch; Alexander Stephens has arrived in Richmond to discuss the entry of Virginia into the Confederacy; he is staying at the Exchange Hotel
1861-06-01, Richmond Dispatch; Description of the arrival of Gen. Beauregard at the Spotswood Hotel
1861-06-20, Richmond Dispatch; row of houses behind the Exchange Hotel are occupied by parties of a "dubious and uncertain character"
1861-07-01, Richmond Dispatch; Edmund Ruffin and others are staying at the Exchange Hotel
1861-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; Hotel arrivals; Dr. Thom and Thomas Clingman are at the Spotswood
1862-01-20, Richmond Enquirer; report of the death of ex-president John Tyler
1862-05-26, Richmond Dispatch; accidental shooting in front of Exchange Hotel
1862-05-27, Richmond Dispatch; account of shooting in front of Exchange ends fatally. Victim belonged to G. W. Alexander

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