J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building

The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is a 14-story highrise at the corner of Broad and Marietta streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown Atlanta, which houses the business school of Georgia State University. When completed in 1901 as the Empire Building, it was the first steel-frame structure and the tallest in the city, until surpassed by the Candler Building in 1906.[6][7]

J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Empire Building in the early 1900s
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is located in Downtown Atlanta
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Location in Downtown Atlanta
Former names
  • Bank of America Building
  • Nationsbank Building
  • Citizens & Southern National Bank Building
  • Atlanta Trust Company Building
  • Empire Building
General information
TypeUniversity
Commercial offices
Location35 Broad Street NW
corner of Marietta Street
Fairlie-Poplar district
Georgia State University
Downtown Atlanta
Georgia
Coordinates33.75523°N 84.38997°W / 33.75523; -84.38997
Completed1901
OwnerGeorgia State University (Georgia State Government)
Technical details
Floor count14
Design and construction
Architect(s)Bruce & Morgan
Hentz, Reid, Adler & Shutze (remodel)
Citizen's and Southern Bank Building
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
Neo-Renaissance
NRHP reference No.77000426
Significant dates
Designated 1977
Designated ALBJune 4, 1992
References
[1][2][3][4]
Citizen's and Southern Bank Building
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is located in Downtown Atlanta
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Location35 Broad St., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33.75523°N 84.38997°W / 33.75523; -84.38997
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
ArchitectMorgan & Dillon; Hentz, Adler & Shutze
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.77000426[5]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1977
Designated ALBJune 4, 1992

Morgan & Dillon and Hentz, Adler & Shutze were architects. In 1972, while named the Citizens & Southern National Bank Building, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

The ground floor houses a full-service Bank of America branch. NationsBank purchased Citizens & Southern National Bank in 1991, and after later acquiring BankAmerica Corp., it, along with its branches, was renamed Bank of America.

The building doubled as the Illinois First Federal Savings & Loan association building in the 2016 film The Founder, a biopic of Ray Kroc starring Michael Keaton.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Emporis building ID 121170". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020.
  2. "J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building". SkyscraperPage.
  3. J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building at Structurae
  4. "National Register of Historic Places - Georgia (GA), Fulton County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 20, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  6. "Five Points / Marietta Street / Fairlie-Poplar". Central Atlanta Progress. Atlanta Downtown Improvement District. 2011. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  7. "Marietta St at Broad St". Atlanta Time Machine. June 5, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  8. "How the earliest McDonald's restaurants were recreated for Michael Keaton's new movie". Business Insider.
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