Flatiron Building (Atlanta)

English-American Building
Alternative names	English-American Building Flatiron Building Georgia Savings Bank Building Empire Life Insurance Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	84 Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°45′22″N 84°23′19″W / 33.7562°N 84.3885°WCoordinates: 33°45′22″N 84°23′19″W / 33.7562°N 84.3885°W
Completed	1897
Height
Roof	c. 50 m (160 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	11
Design and construction
Architect	Bradford Gilbert
English-American Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architectural style	Neo-Classical Neo-Renaissance
NRHP Reference #	76000626
Designated	March 26, 1976
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

The English-American Building, commonly referenced as the Flatiron Building, is a building completed in 1897 located at 74 Peachtree Street NW in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on the wedge-shaped block between Peachtree Street NE, Poplar Street NW, and Broad Street NW, also creating a one-block break in Williams Street. It was completed five years before New York's Flatiron Building, and shares a similar prominent flatiron shape as its counterpart. It was designed by Bradford Gilbert, a Chicago school contemporary of Daniel Burnham, the designer of the New York building. The building has 11 stories, and is the city's second and oldest standing skyscraper. The Flatiron building is protected by the city as a historic building in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

Immediately across Peachtree is the historic Rhodes-Haverty Building, on the north corner with Williams Street.

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  Peachtree Street Entrance

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References

1. Flatiron Building (Atlanta) at Emporis
2. Flatiron Building (Atlanta) at Glass Steel and Stone
3. Flatiron Building (Atlanta) at SkyscraperPage
4. Flatiron Building (Atlanta) at Structurae
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 14 October 2010.

External links

• Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
• Several circa 1910 postcards of the Flatiron
• Scoutmob co-founder eyes "Flatiron" building for incubator