- Collection:
- Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., 1960-1981, undated
- Title:
- Central Avenue
- Publisher:
- Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1969-11
- Subject:
- Churches--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1960-1970
Vehicles--Georgia--Atlanta
Trucks--1960-1970
Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Central Avenue, 33.668455, -84.433223
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Mitchell Street, 33.753881, -84.403468 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Central Avenue and Mitchell Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was built at its current location in 1848, with out a name, as the first Catholic Church in Atlanta. The current structure was built in 1869. The church was named on behalf of an oil painting of the Immaculate Conception that was hung behind the altar of the newly built church and dedicated as such in 1873. The church remains open today at the corner of Central Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta, Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 139.42.05
ahc139042005a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/caprogress/id/201
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 35 mm color transparency
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
