- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Equitable Building
- Date of Original:
- 1890/1971
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Tall buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Commercial buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Equitable Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Photograph of John Wellborn Root's eight-story Equitable Building in Atlanta, Georgia, which was built in the early 1890s for the developer Joel Hurt. The building sits on a corner, and the building widens from the front point that sits at the corner. This structure was demolished in 1971. Its steel-frame construction and monumental presence made it the city's pioneer skyscraper.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/joel-hurt-1850-1926/m-633/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/early-victorian-architecture-overview
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/john-wellborn-root-1850-1891
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/joel-hurt-1850-1926
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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