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Bank of America Plaza (colloquially called the pencil building [6]) is a supertall skyscraper between Midtown Atlanta and Downtown Atlanta.At 311.8 m (1,023 ft), as of February 2024 the tower is the 23rd tallest building in the United States, [7] the tallest building in the Southeastern region of the United States, [8] and the tallest building in any U.S. state capital, overtaking the 250 m ...
The Art Deco style building was designed by architect Francis Palmer Smith of the firm of Pringle and Smith. [1] While the firm had designed many Beaux-Arts buildings in Atlanta, the Orr Building was one of the first two buildings designed by Pringle and Smith in the Art Deco style (alongside the William–Oliver Building, finished the same year).
In 1959, Whitehall Street SW, which meets Peachtree Street NE at Five Points, was renamed "Peachtree Street SW", and the Eastern Continental Divide follows this street, so a small portion of the story may be technically correct. Atlanta's primary water source is the Chattahoochee and much of the water is pumped over the watershed.
The Candler Building is a 17-story high-rise at 127 Peachtree Street, NE, in Atlanta, Georgia.When completed in 1906 by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Griggs Candler, it was the tallest building in the city.
The church was originally founded with 39 charter members on March 15, 1903, as the first English-speaking Lutheran congregation in Atlanta (St. John's Lutheran Church, founded in 1869 as a German-speaking church, was the first Lutheran church in Atlanta). [1] [2] [3] The congregation originally held service at a local YMCA. [4]
Promenade (formerly Promenade II) [1] is a 691 feet (211 m) tall skyscraper in Midtown Atlanta.It has 40 stories of office space and its construction was completed in 1990. It is currently the seventh-tallest skyscraper in Atlanta.
Occupying a narrow lot on Peachtree Street, one and a half blocks south of North Avenue, the house was built in 1901 for Dr. Rufus Mathewson Rose. The architect was Emil Charles Seiz (1873–1940), who designed many residential and commercial structures in the city, including the 1924 Massellton Apartments on Ponce de Leon Avenue.
The Wimbish House is a historic building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, commissioned in 1898 and finished in 1906. [2] It has been owned and operated by The Atlanta Woman's Club since they purchased it in 1920.