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From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
Atlanta: 2: 63 Mangum Street Industrial Building: 63 Mangum Street Industrial Building: June 28, 1996 : 63–69 Mangum St. and 398–400 Markham St. Atlanta: 3: 696 Peachtree Street Apartments: 696 Peachtree Street Apartments
City of Atlanta designated landmark and historic buildings and sites Building/Site Name Street Address Date Designated Designation Type Also on NRHP? Academy of Medicine: 875 West Peachtree St., N.W. 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes Andrews-Dunn House 2801 Andrews Dr., NW 1992-12-2 Landmark Atlanta City Hall: 68 Mitchell St., SE 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes
Atlanta History Center documents show references to the name Pearl Park, after the daughter of a developer who built houses directly to the east of the mill houses near modern-day Pearl Street. The mill, at its height, employed 2,600 people. A protracted strike in 1914-15 failed to unionize the factory's workforce. For over half a century ...
The name of the historic district comes from a previous name for Peachtree Street, one of the main roads in Atlanta. [2] Since early in the city's history, this corridor of Whitehall Street was considered a major retail center, [3] with the Atlanta Preservation Center calling it "Atlanta's commercial and retail core."
In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles In 1914, Asa Griggs Candler , the founder of The Coca-Cola Company and brother to former Emory President Warren Candler , persuaded the Methodist Episcopal Church South to build the new campus of Emory University in the emerging affluent suburb of ...
After 15 years on the market and a $25 million price reduction, Dean Gardens has finally sold. Built by Larry Dean, a self-made millionaire software executive, for his ex-wife Lynda, the 32,000 ...
South Downtown was once a bustling shopping district. Whitehall Street, renamed Peachtree Street Southwest, was the principal shopping street of Atlanta from the 1850s until the mid-20th century. A source from 1854 reported that the street was "being built up with stores of brick", while Broad Street was the market district. [3]