The story of The Atlantic Hotel began with a disastrous fire that devastated the entire downtown of Berlin in 1895. It was then that the Mayor and Council decreed that from that time on, all new structures in the downtown area would be built of brick. Hence, the present Atlantic Hotel was constructed in the center of this small Eastern Shore community of 3,000 people. All of the present downtown brick buildings that were constructed between 1895 and 1905 are on the National Historic Register.
