- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- W. W. Orr Building
- Creator:
- Higgins, Jessica
- Date of Original:
- 2020
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Skyscrapers--Georgia--Atlanta
Tall buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Eclecticism in architecture--Georgia--Atlanta
Doors--Georgia--Atlanta
Art deco (Architecture)--Georgia--Atlanta
Pringle and Smith, Architects
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Lighting, Architectural and decorative - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Pringle and Smith's Beaux-Arts style W. W. Orr Building (1930) also incorporated more "modern" art deco elements.
Photograph of the entrance to Pringle and Smith's eleven-story W. W. Orr Building, which was built in 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia. This Beaux-Arts style structure incorporated art deco elements. The firm undertook extensive commercial work, contributing landmark skyscrapers to skylines of cities throughout the Southeast, most notably in Atlanta. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/francis-palmer-smith-1886-1971/m-647/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College
Photograph by Jessica Higgins - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/francis-palmer-smith-1886-1971
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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