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The J. H. Hawes Elevator is a historic grain elevator located on 2nd Street in Atlanta, Illinois.The elevator was built in 1903 along the Illinois Midland Railroad; it was used to store locally farmed grain before the railroad shipped it to cities such as Peoria, Decatur, and Terre Haute, Indiana.
The M. Rich Building, also known as the M. Rich and Brothers and Company Building and the W. T. Grant Building at 82 Peachtree Street SW (formerly 52-54-56 Whitehall), Atlanta, is a landmark building significant for both architectural and commercial reasons.
The Healey Building, at 57 Forsyth Street NW, in the Fairlie-Poplar district of Atlanta, was the last major skyscraper built in that city during the pre-World War I construction boom. Designed by the firm of Morgan & Dillon , with assistance from Walter T. Downing , in the Gothic Revival style, the 16-story structure was built between 1913-1914.
Truist Plaza is a 265.48 m (871.0 ft) 60 story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta.It was designed by John C. Portman Jr. of John Portman & Associates and built from 1989 to 1992.
Southern Railway's 1918 facility, named Peachtree Station but known locally as Brookwood Station, has been Atlanta's only long-distance passenger rail stop since 1970. Amtrak took over Southern's Crescent route in the '70s, which (as of 2015) continues to operate between New Orleans and N.Y. City .
Atlanta's public library program began in 1873. When the city built its library building in 1908, it did so through community support rather than receiving a grant from the Carnegie Foundation as most other communities did at the time. [2] A clock tower was added to the property in the 1970s. The Atlanta Museum formerly operated in the library ...
Opus Place is an under construction development in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.Located in Midtown Atlanta, the development is currently expected to consist of a large residential high-rise, called No. 2 Opus Place, and possibly a smaller tower.
The octagon shaped Atlanta Public Library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As of the census [6] of 2000, there were 1,649 people, 694 households, and 469 families residing in the city.