Flatiron Building (Atlanta) Explained

English-American Building
Alternate Names:English-American Building
Flatiron Building
Georgia Savings Bank Building
Empire Life Insurance Building
Location:84 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates:33.7562°N -84.3885°W
Completion Date:1897
Building Type:Commercial offices
Roof:c. 50m (160feet)
Floor Count:11
Architect:Bradford Gilbert
Nrhp:
English-American Building
Embed:yes
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Refnum:76000626
Architecture:Neo-Classical
Neo-Renaissance
Designated Nrhp Type:March 26, 1976
Nrhp Type2:indcp
Partof:Fairlie–Poplar Historic District
Partof Refnum:82002416
Designated Nrhp Type2:September 9, 1982
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1 Name:Atlanta Landmark Building
Designated Other1 Date:December 23, 1991
Designated Other1 Abbr:ALB
Designated Other1 Link:List of historic buildings and districts designated by the City of Atlanta
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. aaccff
References:[1]

The English-American Building, commonly referenced as the Flatiron Building, is a building completed in 1897 located at 84 Peachtree Street NW in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on the wedge-shaped block between Peachtree Street NE, Poplar Street NW, and Broad Street NW. It was completed five years before New York's Flatiron Building, and shares a similar prominent flatiron shape as its counterpart. It was designed by Bradford Gilbert, a Chicago school contemporary of Daniel Burnham, the designer of the New York building. The building has 11 stories, and is the city's second and oldest standing skyscraper. The Flatiron building is protected by the city as a historic building in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Immediately across Peachtree is the historic Rhodes-Haverty Building, on the north corner with Williams Street.

FlatironCity is now home to a Microsoft Innovation Center, Women's Entrepreneurship Institute and 20+ entrepreneurs and startups.

In 2017, it was announced that a statue of Evander Holyfield would be installed in front of the building. However, the planned location for the statue has since been changed.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emporis building ID 121113 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307064406/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/121113 . dead . March 7, 2016 . Emporis.
  2. Web site: National Register Information System . 2007-01-23. National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . 14 October 2010.
  3. Web site: Keenan. Sean Richard. April 4, 2019. Whatever happened to the Evander Holyfield statue planned for downtown Atlanta?. December 24, 2020. Curbed Atlanta. Vox Media. en.