The M. Rich Building
Imagine a brick maze of interlocked buildings from before 1907, smack in the middle of downtown Atlanta. In short, that’s the M. Rich Building. It involves five formerly independent structures,...
View ArticleThe Shellmont Inn
One of the first structures built in Midtown Atlanta, started in 1891 and finished in 1892, the Shellmont Inn is old. So old that if someone in the neighborhood north of Ponce and south of Piedmont...
View ArticleAtlanta Fire Station No. 19
It represents the Atlanta Fire Department with their commitment to timely duty along with the history of the charming neighborhood it serves. It is the oldest operating fire station in the city of...
View ArticleRhodes Memorial Hall
It was built for Amos Giles Rhodes, one of the first large-scale furniture magnates to market reasonably-priced furniture to the middle class. His innovative desire to modernize the old-school...
View ArticleThe Todd Family Homestead
This is the first of three articles about early Atlanta Pioneers Richard and Martha Todd, their family and remnant traces of their early presence in the Atlanta area. The second article is about the...
View ArticleThe Switchyards Building
This area has always been a site of dreams getting real. From a rag-picker’s desire to have a home for his family to a technology incubator that launches design-centric brands for consumers. It’s 151...
View ArticleThe Grady Hospital
Behold the cornerstone of one of the largest health systems in the world. Grady Health first opened the front doors of this building as The Grady Hospital on June 2nd, 1892 to serve the Atlanta public....
View ArticleThe Whitehead Memorial Room
Atlanta historian Franklin Garrett called it “perhaps the most spectacular example of the woodcarver’s art in America.1” Among classically styled... The post The Whitehead Memorial Room appeared first...
View ArticleHerbert Millard Wood Carvings
This is the second of three articles about the unique and distinctive wood carvings of Herbert Millard. The first article was... The post Herbert Millard Wood Carvings appeared first on History Atlanta.
View ArticleJasper “Jack” Smith – Atlanta’s Quaintest Character
MARTA–Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority–is Atlanta’s subway system. When a passenger walks out of the southwest exit of the Peachtree Center MARTA station,... The post Jasper “Jack” Smith –...
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