Hotel Row Historic District
Mitchell St., early 20th
Hotel Row is located in Downtown Atlanta
Hotel Row
Location in downtown Atlanta
Hotel Row is located in Georgia
Hotel Row
Location in Georgia
Hotel Row is located in the United States
Hotel Row
Location in United States
Location205--235 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°45′8″N 84°23′43″W / 33.75222°N 84.39528°W / 33.75222; -84.39528
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1892–1908
ArchitectBruce & Morgan
Willis F. Denny
George W. Laine
Architectural styleEarly commercial
NRHP reference No.89000802[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1989

Hotel Row is both a National Register and locally listed historic district consisting of one block of early 20th-century commercial buildings, three to four stories high, located on Mitchell Street west of Forsyth Street in the South Downtown district of Atlanta.[2] The buildings were originally hotels with ground level retail shops built to serve the needs of passengers from Terminal Station, opened in 1905. The buildings are the most intact row of early 20th-century commercial structures in Atlanta's original business district. The decline of Hotel Row began in the 1920s due to the increased availability of automobile transportation and the construction of the Spring Street viaduct, which made getting to hotels in the northern part of the city easier. In the 1950s and 1960s, the increase in air travel led ultimately to the demolition of Terminal Station in 1971.[3][4]

The district is architecturally significant because the structures that make up the block retain most of their original historic architectural character. Several structures were developed by Samuel Inman and Walker Inman, two of Atlanta's most prominent businessmen, and the majority of the structures were designed by the leading architects of the period. They typify the early 20th-century commercial structures once common in Atlanta but now rare because of extensive redevelopment. With Atlanta's massive gentrification, plans were underway to convert some of the buildings into lofts, however these plans ultimately stalled as a result of the Late-2000s recession.[3][4]

Buildings

Buildings in Hotel Row are:[4]

BuildingYear builtAddress
Mitchell St.
(current)		Address
Mitchell St.
(pre-1926)		ArchitectsNotes
Concordia Hall1892201-20935-43Bruce & MorganConcordia Assn. would become the Standard Club
Gordon Hotel
(form. Child's Hotel, Princeton Hotel)		211-21545-49Willis F. Denny#215 Gordon Lofts
Commercial building1908217-22151-53
Scoville Hotel
(form. Marion Hotel)		1908223-22555-57George W. Laine
The Factory Building1908227-23159-63George W. Laine#227, Factory Lofts;
#231 houses Lunacy Black Market restaurant
Sylvan Hotel
(orig. known as "Terminal Hotel Annex";
also housed the Williams Hotel c. 1910)		1908 (permit issued)233-23565-67#233 houses Sylvan Factory Partners
Mitchell St., early 20th century

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Lisa Raflo (May 24, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hotel Row Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2015. Photos
  3. 1 2 "Hotel Row Historic District", National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary, National Park Service
  4. 1 2 3 "Hotel Row", City of Atlanta, Urban Design Commission
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