This is an elevated view of the buildings along the eastern end of Decatur Street, near its intersection with Loyd Street, which is just out of sight to the right. In modern terms, that would correspond to Central Avenue at Decatur Street, looking toward the buildings of Georgia State University. The space occupied by the Trout House and Masonic Hall is today wholly filled by the Natural Science Center.

Neither this photograph, or the one used in View 6, lend themselves to creating a false panorama, so I have treated them separately here. Also, both are parts of stereographs, and I have chosen that half which offers the most detail. In the annotated view, Inset A shows the name of the former owner of the Trout Hotel, known as a Mrs. Starr. She was the hostess of President-elect Davis when he visited the city in 1860 en route to his innaguration in Montgomery. He stayed at the hotel, where a party was also given for him. He addressed the crowds from the balcony which so obscurred Mrs. Starr's name that its first two initials are unreadable.

In Inset B we can see that there is only one glass globe remaining from a long gas light above the doors outside the Masonic Hall. In all the Barnard photographs, I have found but one other example of an external gas light except for the lamp posts along the main thoroughfares - and that is seen at the Trout House in View 6. This gas light over the Masonic Hall appears to have had nine jets

The Masonic Hall was a commercial building and among its tenants were G.J. Foreacre's insurance agency, the Ga. Salt Manufacturing Col, and the Brown and Fleming Co., which appears to have dealt with blockade goods, including foreign stationery, writing goods as well as dry goods and clothing. The Brown and Fleming sign is displayed prominently across the front of the building, but at some point the name Perrino Brown & Co. was placed over two of the arched doorways (Inset C.) Perrino Brown was a banker who worked at the Georgia Railroad Banking Agency. He must have also had other business interests and was possibly connected to the Brown and Fleming Co.

There are many stories told throughout the war period of so-and-so's house being spared because the owner was a Mason and the would-be Federal arsonist was a Mason. This Masonic Hall was not spared during the destruction of Atlanta and I wonder if all those stories told through the years are inventions by people who had to explain why their home wasn't destroyed by Sherman's troops.

Inset D is a wheelbarrow, the bed of which has apparently been replaced by a packing crate. There is writing on the crate - but the only legible letter is a "W."

The wheelbarrow is inside the City Park, which had been appropriated by Federal soldiers who filled it with small shacks in which they lived during the two months of occupation. Their building materials came from the structures around them, including store signage. Inset E shows some of that signage. It was nailed on upside down by the builder, but I have turned it rightside up so that it can be better read. Although the name "McMillan" is clearly visible, and the name "Powell" or "Power" partially so, I have been unable to identify them. The word "White" could be a name, but also could be part of a "Whitehall Street" address.

Inset F is the sign of another merchant, that of W. Rodgers, whose tailor shop was located in the Trout House. The sign is better seen in View Six.

Inset G shows a group of soldiers or officers enjoying the view from the roof of the Trout House. Contempory descriptions say that view included Stone Mountain, 14 miles away. The area immediately behind the Trout House, running from the east of Pryor Street, was referred to as Forsyth Setlement.