United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981933/2022Considered to be Atlanta's first skyscraper, the eight-story Equitable Building (1892, razed in 1971) was designed by John Wellborn Root in the Chicago School style. It was the first fireproof office building in the Southeast, and is the only building Root designed in Georgia.Significance: Early skyscraper by the Chicago firm of Burnham and Root, pioneers in the development of skyscraper design. Was the first example of this new architectural form to be built in Georgia. Root, a native Georgian, was chief designer.Survey number: HABS GA-2107image/jpegCall Number/Physical Location: HABS GA,61-ATLA,13-Control Number: ga0118http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Historic American Buildings SurveyCounties--GeorgiaCities and towns--GeorgiaEquitable BuildingEquitable Building, 25 Pryor Street Northeast, Atlanta, Fulton County, GAStillImage