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Flatiron Building (Atlanta)
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The English-American Building, commonly referenced as the Flatiron Building, is a building completed in 1897 located at 84 Peachtree Street
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
.
Immediately across Peachtree is the historic Rhodes-Haverty Building
, on the north corner with Williams Street.
Peachtree Street
Peachtree Street is the main street of Atlanta. The city grew up around the street, and many of its historical and municipal buildings are or were located along it...
in downtown Atlanta, Georgia
Downtown Atlanta
Downtown Atlanta is the first and largest of the three financial districts in the city of Atlanta. Downtown Atlanta is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters, city, county, state and federal government facilities, sporting facilities, and is the central tourist attraction of the city...
, on the wedge
Wedge
Wedge may refer to:Mathematics:* Triangular prism, a parallel triangle wedge* Wedge , a polyhedral solid defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces* Wedge product, a mathematical term, named for the ∧ operator symbol used...
-shaped block
City block
A city block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design. A city block is the smallest area that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are the space for buildings within the street pattern of a city, they form the basic unit of a city's urban fabric...
between Peachtree Street NE, Poplar Street NW, and Broad Street NW, also creating a one-block
City block
A city block, urban block or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design. A city block is the smallest area that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are the space for buildings within the street pattern of a city, they form the basic unit of a city's urban fabric...
break in Williams Street
Williams Street
Williams Street Productions, LLC, operating under the name Williams Street, is a division of Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, an operational unit of Time Warner...
. It was completed five years before New York's Flatiron Building, and shares a similar prominent flatiron
Flatiron
Flatiron or flat iron can mean several things:*An old term for a clothes iron*A wedge-shaped building:**The Flatiron Building in New York City, for which the surrounding Flatiron District is named...
shape as its counterpart. It was designed by Bradford Gilbert
Bradford Gilbert
Bradford Lee Gilbert was a nationally-active architect based in New York City.Gilbert is best known for designing the first steel-framed curtain wall building, the Tower Building, which opened at 50 Broadway in 1889. The Tower Building is considered New York City's first skyscraper...
, a Chicago school
Chicago school (architecture)
Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School. The style is also known as Commercial style. In the history of architecture, the Chicago School was a school of architects active in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century...
contemporary of Daniel Burnham
Daniel Burnham
Daniel Hudson Burnham, FAIA was an American architect and urban planner. He was the Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He took a leading role in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities, including Chicago and downtown Washington DC...
, the designer of the New York building. The building has 11 stories
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
, and is the city's second and oldest standing skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
. The Flatiron building is protected by the city as a historic building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
in the Fairlie-Poplar
Fairlie-Poplar
The Fairlie-Poplar Historic District is part of the central business district in downtown Atlanta. It is named for the two streets that cross at its center, northeast-only Fairlie and southeast-only Poplar. Fairlie-Poplar is immediately north of Five Points, the definitive centerpoint and...
district of downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
Immediately across Peachtree is the historic Rhodes-Haverty Building
Rhodes-Haverty Building
The Residence Inn Atlanta Downtown is a 21-story hotel tower occupying the former Rhodes-Haverty Building at 134 Peachtree Street NW and Williams Street in the Fairlie-Poplar historic district of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The building was designed by Atlanta architects Pringle and Smith...
, on the north corner with Williams Street.