Editing Tallassee, Alabama (section)

===2009 Hotel Talisi fire===
Early in the morning of November 30, 2009, the historic [[Hotel Talisi]] was heavily damaged by a fire. The hotel, closed since 2008, was purchased by a group of seven investors in the fall of 2009. It was renovated and had been reopened for a month.  The fire destroyed the hotel and a consignment shop next door.

The fire was ruled an arson and 17-year-old, Dylan Keith Carroll, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree arson, one count of third-degree arson, two counts of third-degree burglary, and three counts of first-degree criminal mischief.

After the trial, the hotel's owners met in March 2010 and decided to rebuild the structure. However, the building remains a crumbling eyesore as Tallassee's downtown begins to revive around it as of 2021.