Southern Bell Telephone Company Building
United States historic place
Southern Bell Telephone Company Building | |
 AT&T Communications Building (2020) | |
33°45′20″N 84°23′8″W / 33.75556°N 84.38556°W / 33.75556; -84.38556 | |
| Built | 1929 |
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| Architect | Marye, Alger & Vinour |
| Architectural style | Art deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000985 |
| Added to NRHP | December 01, 1978[1] |
The Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, now known as the AT&T Communications Building, is the main telephone exchange for downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It is located at 51 Peachtree Center Avenue, on the northeast corner of Auburn Avenue.
It was designed for Southern Bell by Marye, Alger and Vinour, in an austere art deco style. Originally planned to be 25 stories in height, which would have made it the tallest building in Atlanta, it was completed in 1929 at six stories. Additions in 1947, 1948 and 1963 brought it to its present 14 stories.[2]
The building is crowned by a microwave communications tower.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Sams, Gerald W. (ed), AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta, page 41. University of Georgia Press, 1993.
External links
Media related to Southern Bell Telephone Company Building at Wikimedia Commons
- Atlanta Telephone History - 51 Ivy
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