Medical Arts Building (Atlanta)

The Medical Arts Building is a Beaux-Arts style building located at the northern end of Downtown Atlanta. The 12-story brick and limestone building by architect G. Lloyd Preacher, also designer of Atlanta City Hall, was constructed in 1927.[1] In addition to its medical facilities - deemed as some of the most modern and well-equipped when it opened, the building once featured a cafeteria, drugstore and telegraph office.[2] It was also amongst the first to have a covered parking garage.[3][4] However, its nearly 89,000 square feet (8,300 m2) of space have been vacant since 1995.

Medical Arts building
Medical Arts Building in 2019
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta) is located in Downtown Atlanta
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta)
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta) is located in Atlanta
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta)
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta) is located in Georgia
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta)
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta) is located in the United States
Medical Arts Building (Atlanta)
Location384 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33.7649°N 84.3859°W / 33.7649; -84.3859
Built1927
ArchitectG. Lloyd Preacher
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.16000816
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 2016

Recent history

In 2001, the building was included on the Atlanta Preservation Center's List of Endangered Buildings.[3]

In 2002, an ordinance was proposed before Atlanta City Council to designate the building as a Landmark Building.[5] The ordinance was passed in October 2005.[6]

In 2003, Crow Hospitality Investment Group had the building under contract with plans to convert it into a small hotel.[7]

In 2004, a business owned by record producer Dallas Austin was in negotiations to buy the building for possible conversion into a boutique hotel from then-owner Harold Gelber, a Miami businessman who had owned the property since the 1970s.[8] Later that year, the building was purchased for $5.25 million by a group of local developers.

On the morning of July 2, 2005, the building suffered damage from a four-alarm fire.[9]

In July 2009, large advertisements for Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express were placed on two sides of the building although there was no intention of either hotel occupying the building.[10] The advertisements were eventually removed and were replaced in January 2010 by signs for MetroPCS. In May 2010, an advertisement was posted for Crown Royal Black whisky.

The building is the only one of 10 structures on Central Atlanta Progress's 2003 list of downtown "eyesores" that has not been renovated or repurposed.[11] Therefore, the building remains on the updated list released in December 2009.[12] The building is included on The Georgia Trust's list of 2011 Places in Peril.[13] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[14][15][16]

See also

References
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  6. "Substitute Ordinance 02-O-0181" (PDF). Final Action Legislation. Atlanta City Council. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  7. Woods, Walter (December 30, 2003). "A small inn-vasion: Developers have plans for trendy accommodations". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. pp. C1, C4.
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  9. "Vacant office tower burns - Investigators look into how blaze got started", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. July 3, 2005, D14
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  11. Stafford, Leon (August 22, 2009). "New purposes for Atlanta's old eyesores". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on September 27, 2009. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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  13. "2011 Places in Peril". The Georgia Trust. The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  14. "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 11/28/2016 through 12/6/2016". National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List. National Park Service. December 16, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  15. Kelley, Collin (December 30, 2016). "Medical Arts Building listed on National Register of Historic Places". Atlanta Intown. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  16. "Medical Arts Building Listed on the National Register of Historic Places". Historic Preservation Division. Georgia Department of Natural Resources. December 30, 2016. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

33.7652°N 84.3862°W / 33.7652; -84.3862

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