The Connally Building is located at 54
Peachtree Street
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(corner of Alabama Street) in
Downtown Atlanta
Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The largest of the city's three commercial districts (Midtown Atlanta, Midtown and Buckhead being the others), it is the location of many corporate and region ...
, adjacent to the
Underground Atlanta
Underground Atlanta is a shopping center, shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points, Atlanta, Five Points neighborhood of Downtown Atlanta, downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the Five Points (MARTA station), Five Points ...
retail center. It is a work of architect
William Lee Stoddart
William Lee Stoddart (1868–1940) was an architect who designed urban hotels in the Eastern United States. Although he was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, most of his commissions were in the Southern United States, South. He maintained offices i ...
, completed in 1916.
The building has been so extensively renovated that it bears little resemblance to the original design, other than the terra cotta façade on the lower stories. This was originally a six-story office building with a
terracotta
Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta (; ; ), is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramic OED, "Terracotta""Terracotta" MFA Boston, "Cameo" database fired at relatively low temperatures. It is therefore a term used for earthenware obj ...
facade, which replaced an earlier Connally Building on the site. In 1990, eleven stories were added
[ and it was converted into a hotel. It has operated under the names Howard Johnson Plaza Suites, University Place at Underground, The Suite Hotel at the Underground, and most recently it became a Fairfield Inn & Suites.Fairfield Inn & Suites Downtown Atlanta website]
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See also
* Hotels in Atlanta
Founded in the 1830s as a railroad terminus, Atlanta experienced rapid growth in its early years to become a major economic center of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, with several hotels built to accommodate for this growth. Following Burning of At ...
References
''AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta'', Isabelle Gournay and Gerald W. Sams, p.4
External links
{{Atlanta landmarks
Hotels in Atlanta
Office buildings completed in 1916
1916 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)