page_title: Hotel Roosevelt fire
hierarchical_section_title: Hotel Roosevelt fire
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of the Hotel Roosevelt from the June 21, 2001 issue of the Jax Air News. Their website security statement says, "All information on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested." Photo by Jeff Hilton.
context_page_description: The Hotel Roosevelt fire, on December 29, 1963, was the worst fire that Jacksonville, Florida, had seen since the Great Fire of 1901, and it contributed to the worst one-day death toll in the city's history: 22 people died, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning.
  At the time, the Hotel Roosevelt was one of two luxury hotels in the city's downtown, with many restaurants and businesses on its ground floor, including a ballroom and a barber shop. At the end of each year, the Hotel Roosevelt hosted hundreds of travelers who came to attend the Gator Bowl.
context_section_description: The Hotel Roosevelt fire, on December 29, 1963, was the worst fire that Jacksonville, Florida, had seen since the Great Fire of 1901, and it contributed to the worst one-day death toll in the city's history: 22 people died, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning.
  At the time, the Hotel Roosevelt was one of two luxury hotels in the city's downtown, with many restaurants and businesses on its ground floor, including a ballroom and a barber shop. At the end of each year, the Hotel Roosevelt hosted hundreds of travelers who came to attend the Gator Bowl.
caption: The Hotel Roosevelt (in the foreground), in a 2001 Navy photograph.
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