Atlanta Fixtures Building, 102-106 Pryor Street, Atlanta

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The two structures known collectively as the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings are located at 102 and Pryor Street/ Atlanta, Fulton County/ Georgia- The properties are described in tax records as situated in the District, Land Lot 77, city block 4. Additionally, these structures are located within the Underground Atlanta Historic District. This is the Congressional District. USGS topograpic map: Northwest Atlanta, Ga., photorevised The UTM coordinates are: Northing - Easting

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The Atlanta Fixtures Buildings have been determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as individual structures. They are contributing elements of the Underground Atlanta Historic District and are among the oldest commercial structures in the city. Architecturally eclectic in style, the buildings exhibit Romanesque massing and Rennaissance Revival details. They have generally been described as containing elements of the Renaissance Revival Style (Atlanta Urban Design Commission Roth and Associates Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Section-Atlanta Fixtures Buildings HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 2 file, and Franklin Historic Property Information Form).

These brick buildings are excellent examples of the types of four and five-story commercial buildings which were prominent in the heart of downtown Atlanta in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They occupy a site which is highly visible from a number of surrrounding positions. The Atlanta Fixtures Buildings are among the few examples of late nineteenth century Rennaissance Revival commercial buildings remaining within Underground Atlanta Historic District (National Register of Historic Places: July PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1.

Date(s) of Erection: Construction of these two buildings began in June The structure at 102 Pryor Street appears to have been known as the Ansley Building and the structure at 104 - 106 Pryor Street was called the Steele Building. Both structures are mentioned in a report of the City Building Inspector, F. A. Pittrnan, to the City Council, dated December 31, (Annual Reports of the City of Atlanta . A Party-Wall Agreement dated June 8, between A. B. Steele and W. D. Grant states that "A. B. Steele is now about to erect a brick building upon his said lot, extending back from Pryor Street one hundred and thirty three feet... The foundation of the wall shall be concrete of a sufficient depth to sustain the wall.

The basement wall shall be twenty eight inches thick, the first story wall twenty four inches thick, the second story wall twenty inches thick, the third story wall twenty inches thick, the fourth story wall sixteen inches thick and the fifth story wall sixteen inches thick" (Deed Book Volume page It is of interest to note that this party wall agreement was not recorded until September 8, probably because the building was sold at that time. Deed records and Deeds to Secure Debts corroborate this information (see below:0riginal and Subsequent Owners). Frank J. Ansley built the four-story building located at 102 Pryor Street (old number 30 South Pryor and Aaron B. Steele built the five-story building at pryor street (old numbers South Pryor Street).

Analysis of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps supports a construction date between and since these structures do not appear on the map but are depicted on the map. 2. Architect: The architect or architects are unknown at this time. HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 3 3, Original and Subsequent Owners: References to the chain of title to the land upon which these two structures stand is in the Deed Records Room, Office of the Superior Court Clerk/ Fulton County Courthouse/ Atlanta/ Fulton County/ Georgia. The following information applies to the lot and building at 102 Pryor Street. Deed, May 23/ recorded in Volume page Hooper Alexander to A. B. Steele. Deed, April 14, recorded in Volume page Aaron B. Steele to Frank J. Ansley. Deed to Secure Debt, May 3/ recorded in Volume page F. J.

Ansley to South Banking and Trust Co. Deed, April 6, recorded in Volume page Frank J. Ansley to Fred Wagener. Deed, September 23, recorded in Volume page 98. Fred Wagener to T. B. Neal Deed, May 28, recorded in Volume page T. B. Neal to Elmer E. Pope and George S. Pope. Deed, July 10, recorded in Volume page George E. Pope to Benjamin S. Pope, one-half interest. Deed to Secure Debt, July 18, recorded in Volume page Benjamin S. Pope and Elmer E. Pope to Southern Banking and Trust Co. Deed, February 4, recorded in Volume page Elmer E. Pope to Benjamin S. Pope, one-half interest. Deed, November 17, recorded in Volume page 3 & 4. Benjamin S. Pope to Elmer E. Pope. Deed, September 18, recorded in Volume page Benjamin S. Pope to Elmer E. Pope. Deed, September 23, recorded in Volume page 28. E.

E. Pope to Penn Mutual Life insurance Co. (Mortgage Deed). HABS NOGA-I204 PAGE # 4 Deed, September 6/ recorded in Volume page Elmer E. Pope to Morton Richard Emmons. Deed, September 5/ recorded in Volume page Ethelyn Emmons Johnson to Clark Howell, Jr. Deed, December 6, recorded in Volume page 65. Clark Howell, Jr. to Robert L. Foreman. Deed, november 2, recorded in Volume page R. L. Foreman/ Jr. and Clark Foreman, executors of the estate of Robert L. Foreman to R.A.C. Realty. Deed, November 3, recorded in Volume page R.A.C. Realty Co. to Ralph A. Sinkoe. Deed, February 19, recorded in Volume page Executors of the estate of Ralph Sinkoe to Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co./ Inc. Deed to Secure Debt/ February 25, recorded in Volume page The First National Bank of Atlanta and B. J.

Sinkoe, executors of the estate of Ralph Sinkoe, to Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co., Inc. Deed, December 11, recorded in Volume page Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co./ Inc. to City of Atlanta. The following deed information is for Pryor Street: Deed, January 25, recorded in Volume page Henry J. Lamar, Jr. to C.I. Peck and Annie Ellis Party Wall Agreement, between W. D. Grant and A. B. Steele, June 8, recorded in Volume page (note this wall agreement precedes deed transferring the land). Deed, August 4, recorded in volume page C. I. Peck and Annie Ellis to A. B. Steele. Mortgage Deed, August 9/ recorded in Volume page A. B. Steele to Travelers Insurance Company. HABS NO.GA-120< PAGE # 5 Deed, September 12, recorded in Volume page A- B. Steele to J- W. Pope, North one- half of the building.

Deed to Secure Debt, February recorded in Volume page J. W. Pope to G. V, Gress. Deed, July 8, recorded in Volume page J. W. Pope to Thomas J. Avery, North one-half of the building. Mortgage Deed, September 14, recorded in Volume page A. B. Steele to the Equit- able Life Assurance Society, South one-half of the building. Deed to Secure Debt, november 11, recorded in Volume page A. B. Steele to Lowry National Bank, South one-half of the building. Deed, November 22, recorded in Volume page A. B. Steele to Thomas J. Avery. Deed, December 19, recorded in Volume page 17, Ida L. Avery to Edna Avery Jones, her daughter. Deed, December 23, recorded in Volume page Edna Avery Jones to Ben F. May. Deed, June 30, recorded in Volume page Ben F. May to Nunnally and McCrea Co.

Deed, June 10, recorded in Volume page Nunnally and McCrea Co. to Thomas H. McCrea Co. Mortgage Deed, June 11, recorded in Volume page T. H. McCrea to New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. Deed to Secure Debt, July 15, recorded in Volume page Thomas H. McCrea to John H. Hines. Deed, September 6, recorded in Volume page 74. Thomas H. McCrea and John Hines to Dan- gler & Hines, Inc. Mortgatge Deed, July 5, recorded in Volume page Dangler & Hines, Inc. to New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 6 Deed, July 25, recorded in Volume page Dangler & Hines, Inc. to Ralph Sinkoe. Deed to Secure Debt, July 25, recorded in Volume page 80. Ralph Sinkoe to Dangler & Hines, Inc.

Agreement/ May 31/ recorded in Volume page Trustees under the Will of Ralph Sinkoe to Fannie Berman, Sol Stein, Ethel Kern, S. J. Sinkoe/ Irene Klein, and Marie Jacobstein/ descendents of Ralph and Rachel Sinkoe. Deed, December 11, recorded in Volume page Fannie Berman, Sol Stein, Ethel Kern, Irene Klein, and Marie Jacobstein to City of Atlanta. 4. Builder/ contractor, suppliers: No names of builders, contractors/ or suppliers have been located. However, the Atlanta City Directory for (data collected in shows that Frank Wagener, a contractor, and Frank W. Reimann, a civil engineeer, were located at number 30 1/2 Pryor Street- 5. Original plans and construction: No original plans, construction drawings, or information were located. 6.

Alterations and additions: A building permit dated June 21, for 30 S- Pryor Street states that fire damage was to be repaired at the building owned by Marshall C. Johnson. Shelverton Construction Company was contracted to make the repairs which included tar and gravel to roof. Estimated cost of the repairs was Building permit number dated August 30/ for the Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co., Inc. states that a mezzanine floor and new offices are to be constructed on the first floor of the building at 104 Pryor Street. The items checked on the permit form include: alter, ordinary masonry, office; and warehouse. It is possible that building permits dating from to may yield data on the concrete block additions to the rear of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings. HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 7 B.

Historical Context: Historians have referred to the period from to as the heyday of the Heart of Atlanta. By the this area was the vital center of government and commercial activities. By Pryor Street was the location of a variety of business types and civic activities. This street was the locale of lawyers offices in the old Kiser (demolished), the Chamber of Commerce-City Hall Building (demolished), the Fulton County Courthouse/ livery stables, hotels, and other structures (Saunders In the downtown Atlanta was distinguished by the "railroad gulch", a product of the major railroad facilities area in the areaand multiple tracks which divided the city and caused traffic problems.

City leaders proposed a viaduct plan and later the Bleckley Plaza plan to correct this situation (Bleckley Family Papers, Altanta Historical Society Collection). Viaduct construction druing the early twentieth century has substanially altered the character of this central core area of Atlanta. The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of and provide an excellent illustration of the past types of structures and commercial uses surrounding the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings. The Sanborn map shows a livery stable and shed at the location which would become the site of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings. These structures were located on city lots 1,2 and 3 of the division of the estate of Levi Baker (Deed Volume 00, page Aaron B.

Steele purchased the shed site from Hooper Alexander in May of for In the same year, Steele sold the lot to Frank J. Ansley for This large increase in the value may indicate the presence of improvements. However, no documentation was found which revealed the nature of these possible improvements. It may be that land values had increased in the busy commercial and civic district of the city. Ansley used the property to secure a debt in May of That transaction may represent acquisition of capital to construct the four story brick building which was apparently begun in June of (City of Atlanta Annual Report Frank J.

Ansley sold his property to Fred Wagener for in April of The conveyance was subject to a debt of which Ansley owed to the Southern Banking and Trust Co; a debt which was assumed as part of the purchase price. The deed does not mention a structure but the dimensions of the lot were described as fronting 25 feet on the east side of Pryor Street and being 185 feet in depth (Deed Volume The adjoining lots, numbers 2 and 3 were purchased by Aaron B. Steele from Peck and Wylie in Aaron B. HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 8 Steele was a lumber dealer and one of the most prominant and wealthy businessmen in Atlanta before the turn of the century (Morgan and Garrett It has previously been noted that Steele had entered into a party wall agreement with William D.

Grant in June of Steele must have had a previous contract with Peck and to purchase lots 2 and 3 prior to the actual deed of conveyance. Steele purchased the premises for This sum suggests either that the livery stable was extant at that time or that land values had greatly increased. The latter may be true since several large buildings were constructed during this time period (see City of Atlanta Annual Report The agreement/ discuseed in the Date of Erection section of this document/ records a date for the beginning of the construction of the Pryor Street section of the present Atlanta Fixtures Buildings. The agreement specified dimensions and materials for a basement and five story wall to be built. This is apparently the south wall of the Atlanta Fixtures Building.

The date of initial construction is confirmed by Pittman, the newly appointed city building inspector/ who reported in December of that construction of the Steele building had begun in June He also mentions that the Ansley building had also started in June (City of Atlanta Annual Reports The uses of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings (the Ansley and Steele Buildings) have been traced through the use of old city directories/ Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, deeds/ and the various resources available at the Atlanta Historical Society. Ownership of the two buildings has been traced through the deed records and a complete chain of title has been established. It was not until the that both buildings were owned by the same person.

Based upon examination of the city directories we know the names of the busineses which occupied the buildings from (data from through the present. For example/ according to the Atlanta City Directory for (data is from the previous year, the occupants of the buildings were: No. 30 S. Pryor Street Gershon Bros. & Rosenfeld/ wholesalers of wooden and willoware. No. 30 1/2 S. Pryor Street Atlanta Telephone Co. Georgia Bicycle Co. (bicycle repairs) * Frank Wagener, contractor Frank M. Reiman, civil engineer HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 9 No. 32 S. Pryor Street Montag Brothers Southern Tablet Co. station- ers and paper dealers. * (Fred Wagener was the owner of the property at 30 Pryor Street from April 6, to September 23, He sold the property to T. B.

Neal on September 23, Information regarding subsequent tenants of the two buildings is readily available in the city directories which are in the collection of the Atlanta Historical Society. Some of the tenants were: the Gershon Brothers and Rosenfeld, the Atlanta Standard Telephone Co./ F. Wagner and I. H. Gorenflo (contractors), and T. A. Aber (civil engineer). It should be noted that Wagener and Gorenflo maintained offices at Broad St; therefore, it is speculated that portions of the upper floors may have been used as living quarters. According to the city directory, the Montag Brothers Co., stationers, was located at 32 S. Pryor Street and the Bass Dry Goods Co. was at 34 S. Pryor St. The lower level of 30 S. Pryor Street was vacant and the upper floor tenants were F. M.

Baker, a machinist, and T. A. Aber, a civil engineer. The buildings are illustrated on the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of The Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows a one story structure attached to the rear of the building at 30 S. Pryor St. It also shows two skylights in the building. The structure at S. Pryor Street, a five story brick building, is apparently divided by a center wall. of Stationery" is depicted on the north half of the building and "Bass Dry Goods Co. Whol.s" is drawn in the south half of the building. There is a large square open area at the rear of S. Pryor St. Substantial changes had occured by The city government activities were moved from the old Chamber of Commerce building.

The auction of this building is illustrated in the Lane Brothers photograph of (see Supplemental Material, exhibit one). The Church of Christ on Hunter street and adjacent domestic structures were combined and listed as a hall and offices on the Sanborn Fire Insurance map of A livery stable and restaurant were located south of the Atlanta Fixtures Building (occupied by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.). While the names of tenants and owners vary over the years, a pattern of wholesale merchant activity is predominant. Some of the tenants who were located at these addresses for longer periods of time were the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE #10 Samuels Solomon/ Anderson Hardware/ Ragan Malone Dry Goods Company (wholesaler), Atlanta Barbers Supply Co./ and Horch Brothers Co.

(wholesale dry goods). City leaders expected that the erection of the viaducts would bring new business houses to Ivy/ Pryor, and Central Avenue (Belser After the Pryor Street and Central Avenue viaducts were opened in there must have been changes to the facades in order to construct new entrances to the buildings at the new street floor levels. It was at this time that the street numbers were changed. Number 30 S. Pryor Street becomes 102 S. Pryor Street and became S. Pryor Street. Some of the tenants in the included: the Kornegay Furniture Co./ the Samuel Investment Co., and Meador-Pasley Co. It was in that the Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co./ Inc. is first listed in the city directory as a tenant at Pryor Street.

The building at 102 Pryor Street was purchased by Ralph Sinkoe/ the president of the Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co./ Inc./ in He purchased the second structure at Pryor Street in Land use and activity patterns changed after World War II. The central city or "Heart Of Atlanta" area was effected by the general northern development of commercial activities along the Peachtree Street corridor* These post World War II developments nearly resulted in the abandonment of the older Heart of Atlanta area. Nevertheless/ wholesalers and jobbers such as the Atlanta Fixtures & Sales Co./ Inc. maintained their downtown location. Over the years/ old brick structures have either been demolished or destroyed by fire and replaced by parking lots. Few new structures have been built.

The Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co., Inc. is a supplier of restauarant equipment and a designer of restaurant interiors. They occupied the two buildings during the time of the development of the Underground Atlanta entertainment complex in the late The two lowest levels of each building were leased out to restaurants and lounges from the late to The Old Carriage House Inc. leased the basement level of the 104 Pryor Street. The lower Pryor Street level at that address was occupied by the lounge known as Down Under. The Golden Dolphin restaurant was located in the basement level of the 102 Pryor Street building/ while the Acropolis was located at the lower Pryor Street level (Underground Atlanta). Mr.

Sol Stein/ treasurer of the Atlanta Fixure & Sales Co./ Inc./ recalls that his company supplied equipment to the restaurants in Underground Atlanta (telephone interview Stein to Mitchell/ November 13/ 10 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 11 The Atlanta Fixture & Sales, Co./ Inc. moved from the premises in In the National Register nomination form for the Underground Atlanta Historic District was prepared/ and the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings were considered an integral element of the historic district. A newspaper advertisement from January 26, contains photographs of the front and rear of the buildings/ and the buildings were offered for sale at The advertisement describes the buildings as perfect for legal offices/ warehousing/ or any retail or wholesale business.

"The historic architectural style of these structures makes them perfect for renovation" (Atlanta Journal/ Jan. 26/ page 2). PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION: A. General Statement: The measured drawings and photographs . accompanying this written document illustrate the architectural qualities of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings. Since the construction of the Pryor Street viaduct in raised the street level/ the old facades are now on lower Pryor Street/ the "Underground Atlanta" level below the present day Pryor Street viaduct. A photographically reproduced copy of microfilm record is included as part of the supplemental material (exhibit two).

The original drawing, located in the records of the City of Atlanta Bureau of Streets, depicts the original facades as they appeared in before the construction of the viaduct. The 102 Pryor Street building has three stories above present day Pryor Street and two stories in the Underground Atlanta level. The 104 Pryor Street building has four stories above Pryor Street and two stories (the original first floor and basement) in the Underground Atlanta level. 1. Architectural Character: The four story building Pryor Street) features a wood framed arched central bay window at the Pryor Street viaduct level. Carved stone trim accents the windows on the Pryor Street facade. The original street level facade is below the present level of Pryor Street.

Drawings prepared in the Office of the Chief of Construction/ City of Atlanta, in delineated the architectural details of the facades of the structures on the east side of Pryor Street to be impacted by the construction of the Pryor Street viaduct (City of Atlanta/ Bureau of Streets Microfilm At the present time the facades at the "Underground Atlanta" level bear little resemblance to their former appearance/ having been altered in the late (National Register of Historic Places inventory and nomination form for the Underground Atlanta Historic District 11 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE #12 The five-story brick building Pryor Street) shares elements of the Renaissance Revivial and Romanesque styles.

It features paired arched windows two-stories high, rough cut or rusticated granite piers and a cast iron facade at the Pryor Street viaduct level. Elegant terra cotta panels enhance the two-story arched windows of the central bays. Two circular "eye" windows highlight the upper floor facade- It is believed that the existing cast iron facade was raised to the present level after the construction of the Pryor Street viaduct (Micael Lambdin personal communication). The tops of the buildings are marked with overhung cornices and dentate molding. A band of Greek key ornament lies beneath the cornice of the structure at Pryor Street.(Darlene Roth & Associates, Inc. The former first floor of this building lies at the lower Pryor Street or "Underground Atlanta" level.

The facades at the underground level have been drastically altered by a fake facade related to restaurant and lounge use in the 2. Condition of fabric: The fabric is fair; some structural settling was observed. B. Description of Exterior: 1. Over-all dimensions: The building at 102 Pryor Street measures 25* x at the present day upper or viaduct level of Pryor Street. The two lower levels measure 25" x due to a rear addition to the restaurant/Lounge levels. Dimensions of the Pryor Street are 48* x at the present day upper Pryor Street level. At the lower levels the building measures 48' x 2. Foundations: unknown 3. Walls: brick bearing 4. Structural system, framing: The structural system consists of exterior brick bearing walls with interior wood post and beam construction. 5.

Porches, stoops, balconies, bulkheads: There is a steel fire escape staircase attached to the front facade. 12 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE #13 6. chimneys: There are two interior brick flues on the rear wall of the Pryor Street building. Four interior brick flues are located on the party wall of the 102 Pryor Street building. 7. Openings: a. Doorways and doors: The Pryor Street building has an aluminum store front and the 102 Pryor Street building has wood sash doors with single glass lights. B. Roof: a. Shape, covering: Both roofs are flat, built up, sloping to the rear. b. Cornice, eaves: Both buildings have metal cornices. c. Dormers, cupolas, towers: N/A C. Description of Interior: 1. Floor plans: Accompanying photographs and sketch plans illustrate the floor plans. 2.

Stairways: Wooden stairs are located in each building. 3. Flooring: Flooring materials are wood with concrete on the basement floor. 4. Wall and ceiling finish: Ceiling treatments vary from suspended acoustical tiles to plaster and beaded wood. 13 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 14 5 Openings: a. Doorways and doors: N/A b. Windows: N/A 6. Decorative features and trim: Turned wood posts decorated the stair railing in the 104 Pryor Street building, 7. Hardware: N/A 8. Mechanical equipment: a- Heating^ air conditioning/ ventilation: The heating, ventilation/ and air conditioning system is gas. b. Lighting: Flourescent and incandescent lighting fixtures are present. c. Plumbing: Plumbing located on the first three levels of each building.

More recent fixtures in the lower levels used as restrooms for the former restaurants and lounges. d. Elevators: There is a freight elevator in the 102 Pryor Street building which is depicted in a photograph and in the floor plan sketches. Two elevators/ one for passengers and one for freight are located in the Pryor Street building. D. Site: 1. General setting and orientation: N/A 2. Historic landscape design: N/A 14 HABS NO.GA-120 PAGE #15 3. Outbuildings: N/A PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: A. Original Architectural Drawings: None located. B. Early views: Photographs illustrating the streetscape and general skyline including views of structures on Pryor Street are located in the Visual Arts Collection of the Atlanta Historical Society. A Lane Brothers photograph c.

shows a view of the east side of Pryor Street at the corner of Hunter St (now Martin Luther King/ Jr. Drive). A photo-mechanical copy of the Lane photograph is contained in the supplemental material as exhibit three. The buildings known today as the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings are depicted on the left side of the photograph. They were occupied by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. at that time. The Palace Livery Stable was located to the south toward Hunter Street. A small cafe was located between the former Chamber of Commerce-City Hall Building and the livery stable. This photograph shows the portions of the facades of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings which are now below the Pryor Street viaduct level in Underground Atlanta.

The building on the right side of the photograph is the former Chamber of Commerce/City Hall building. C. Interviews: The Atlanta Fixtures Building was discussed with the followings individuals: Mr. Sol Stein/ treasurer of the Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co./ Inc.; Gail Timmis# Executive Director of the Atlanta Urban Design Commission; and Mr. Franklin Garrett and Mr. Roony of the Atlanta Historical Society. Mr. Fed Thomas, Bureau of Streets & Roads, City of Atlanta, provided photomechanical copies of microfilm of drawings on the West Side of Pryor Street related to the construction of the Pryor Street viaducts (City of Atlanta Bureau of Streets, Microfilm No. Mr. L.

Cecil Turner, City of Atlanta Law Department, also supplied valuable information on the historical development of Underground Atlanta. 15 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 16 D.

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1. Primary and unpublished sources: Atlanta/ City of Board of Fire Masters, City of Atlanta. City records in the Atlanta Historical Society Collection. Department of Administrative Services/ Records Management Division. Original building permits on file in preparation for microfilming. Department of Engineering/ Bureau of Highways and Streets, Microfilm number plans of the Pryor Street Viaduct Building Permit Applications and Building Plans temporarily located in Records Management Division, microfilm section. Building Permit Applications. City records in the Atlanta Historical Society Collection. Fulton County Office of the Superior Court Clerk, Deed Records Room, Volumes:H-4, 00, Franklin, Shirley. Letter to Dr.

Elizabeth Lyon, State Historic Preservation Office, July 2, Includes Historic Property Information Form for the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings. Lambdin, Michael. Personal communication with Michael Lambdin,architect with the firm of Richard Rothman & Associates, Inc., National Register of Historic Places. Inventory and nomination form for the Underground Atlanta Historic District prepared by Timothy Crimmins and Richard Cloues, Stein, Sol. Personal communication with Sol Stein, treasurer of the Atlanta Fixture & Sales Co. Inc. Atlanta, Georgia, November Thomas, Fed. Personal communication with Fed Thomas of the City of Atlanta, Department of Engineering, Bureau of Highways and Streeets, October 16 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE #17 Turner/ L. Cecil. Personal communication with L.

Cecil Turner/attorney, City of Atlanta, Law Department/ October and November 2. Secondary and published sources: Atlanta City Directories Various Publishers, located in the Atlanta Historical Society Collections. Atlanta, City of. Annual Report to the City Council for the year Copy in the Atlanta Historical Society Collection. Atlanta Urban Design Commission, Atlanta Historic Resources Workbook. Atlanta Urban Design Commission/ Atlanta, Atlanta Historic Resources VJorkbook. Atlanta Urban Design Commission. Atlanta/ Belser, Dana. "The Significance of the Viaducts: What Effect Will the Building of the Viaducts at Pryor and Central Avenue Have Upon the Future Growth of Atlanta" in The City Builder, August Garrett/ Franklin. Atlanta and Environs/ Vol. II.

Athens: University of Georgia Press/ Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Section. Underground Atlanta Historic District files and the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings files. Kempton/ James (compiler). Fulton County Daily Reporter. Law Bulletin Publishing. Atlanta. Microfilm in the Atlanta Historical Society Collection, Research Library. Lyon, Elizabeth Anne Mack. Atlanta Architecture: The Victorian Heritage. Published by The Atlanta Historical Society. Atlanta, Martin, Thomas H. Atlanta and Its Builders. Century Memorial Publishing Co. Atlanta: Atlanta/ Copy in the Atlanta Historical Society Collection, Research Library. 17 HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE # 18 McElreath, Walter. "When Atlanta Was Just a Big Town" in Atlanta Historical Bulletin. Vol. VIII, No. 33.

Morgan/ Thomas Henry. "The Georgia Chapter of The American Institute of Architects" in Atlanta Historical Bulletin. Vol. VII, No. 28. Parish, W. H. Art Work of Atlanta. The Parish Publishing Go: Atlanta, Copy in the Atlanta Historical Society Collection, Research Library. Roth, Darlene & Associates, Inc. The Heart of Atlanta: Historic Structures Survey. prepared for The Atlanta Urban Design Commission. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Microfilm on file at the Pullen Library Georgia State University, Atlanta. and Saunders, H. G. Atlanta City Diretory for Franklin Printing & Publishing Co. Atlanta. Watkins, Edgar. "Geography, Railroads and Men Made Atlanta" in Atlanta Historical Bulletin. vol.VIII/ No 33. E.

Likely Sources Not Yet Investigated: The Fulton County Tax Digests at the Georgia Department of Archives and History have not been examined. Microfilm of the various Atlanta newspapers have not been examined. Also, genealogical files for the various owners of the structures have not been examined. It is possible that some family papers may exist which would contain information on business affairs and possibly the name of the architect. Another source not examined is building permits dating from to which may yield information related to the recent concrete block additions to the rear of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings.

A source of visual records which will be available to researchers in the future is the Lane Brothers Photographic Collection, recently acquired by the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University. F. Supplemental Material: Exhibits include: 1) Lane Brothers photograph from the Atlanta Historical Society Collection; 2) City of Atlanta microfilm record 3) newspaper advertisement from and 4) letter from Shirley Clarke Franklin, Environmental Certification Officer, City of Atlanta, to Dr. Elizabeth A.

Lyon, State Historic Preservation Officer dated July 2, and containing a historic properties inventory form; 5) a copy of a bibliography contained in HABS NO.GA-1204 PAGE #19 Archaeological Reconnaissance In Underground Atlanta: ATL-UDAG-84-1-9, prepared by Garrow & Associates, Inc., 1985;and 6) a detail from Atlanta:Downtown/Midtown map/ Georgia State University/ Department of Geography, Cartographpy Laboratory/ PART IV. PROJECT INFORMATION The demolition of the Atlanta Fixtures Buildings is scheduled as part of the Underground Atlanta Redevelopment project- The City of Atlanta owns the property and the Underground Festival Development Company plans to build a parking gargage on the site.

Garrow & Assoicates, Inc., a cultural resource management firm, was contracted to prepare the HABS documentation in accordance with the standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey for compliance with Executive Order Section 2 Employees of Garrow & Associates who participated in the prepartion of this documentation include: Project Managers Patrick H. Garrow and J. W. Joseph; Cultural Historian, Ruthanne L. Mitchell, who served as the principal author for the historic narrative; and Mr. Dick Bryant, who photographed the various views of the Atlanta Fixtures Building as required. The measured drawings were prepared by Michael Lambdin and Charlotte Allen of Richard Rothman & Associates, an architectural firm located in Atlanta. Joseph G.

Martin, President of Underground Festival Development Company, served as the contracting officer. 19