buildings Archives - History Atlanta

Raymond Keen 05/31/2016 Buildings, Things

This is the first of three articles about the unique and distinctive wood carvings of Herbert Millard. The second article is about…

Conor Lee 04/09/2014 Buildings, Everything, Preservation

One of the first structures built in Midtown Atlanta, started in 1891 and finished in 1892, the Shellmont Inn is…

Conor Lee 09/05/2013 Buildings, Everything, Preservation

Pictured here is the former southern headquarters for Crum & Forster, the insurance house founded in 1896 by Frederick Crum…

Conor Lee 07/04/2013 Buildings, Everything

Across Piedmont Avenue from the 12th Street entrance to Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta, it’s impossible to ignore Skate Escape….

Conor Lee 06/13/2013 Buildings, Everything

While driving around looking for a place to live in Atlanta, I attempted to make a U-turn on a wide…