Richmond's Forgotten Inferno: The Lexington Hotel Fire

Published: March 19, 2020, 5:57 a.m.

b'On Febuary 7, 1922 a fire broke out in the Lexington Hotel which was located in twelfth and main street in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia. 12 would die in a disaster that is mostly forgotten to time. \\n\\nSources:\\n\\nhttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1922-02-08/ed-1/seq-1/\\n\\nhttp://www.gendisasters.com/virginia/5268/richmond%2C-va-lexington-hotel-fire%2C-feb-1922\\n\\nhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XbEhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA384&lpg=PA384&dq=richmond+va+Lexington+Hotel+fire&source=bl&ots=-BLe2mf8rG&sig=ACfU3U3kSsBBRDc-q_D4Mmy987MKzQqELA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJlqChuNPlAhUD11kKHYxpC44Q6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=richmond&f=false\\n\\nhttps://rocketwerks.tumblr.com/post/135428430684/lexington-hotel-twelfth-main-streets-built\\n\\nhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1296&dat=19220209&id=MthUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6528,4513536'