Triangle Building, 1333 Warren Avenue & 1300 Broadway, Columbus

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Architecture: The only "flat-iron" building in Columbus, this structure uses the mansard-type tile roof reminiscent of Spanish Architecture. A modem building for the in Columbus, it uses cast iron supports of the Victorian period to support the second floor at the apex of the triangle. The building is typical of the building boom when all space was taken advantage of and structures were designed to fit available lot area. Description: Spanish Renaissance Revival, two stories tall, triangular floor plan, flat roof; I- beam construction with exterior wall stucco over brick, composition roof; details include ca.

large frosted glass block window expanses in the first floor which replaced original glass showcases, cast iron structural supports at the apex, string courses of stuccoed brick between first and second floor which form a complete entablature, parapet treatment which has mansard- like tile roof with modillions, broken at several points by stuccoed shafts which rise above the roofline and serve to visually divide the building into sections; situated on a triangular plot of land, this building is surrounded by twentieth century commercial buildings; it is encircled with concrete sidewalks with no landscaping. The interior of the building has been altered several times since its construction in ca. and the exterior has seen some minor alterations.

The only interior walls known to be original are the thick brick walls of the "vault" in the northeast comer. Floor plans from when the Georgia Power Company occupied the building, show that most interior walls present today were present in Today, most interior walls are either wood frame with plaster or wood frame with paneling or sheetrock. The latter are clearly later additions and were not included in the measured floor plans prepared for this document. The most significant alterations to the exterior of the building are post-1943 replacing of two sets of triple windows on the front (facing Broadway) with frosted glass blocks and the construction of a recessed, aluminum framed, entranceway south of the original entranceway. History: The structure was built ca.

during the ownership of the Page family. The triangular piece of property was passed in a deed as a gift from Coleman Soloman to Rebecca Soloman on 27 December (Deed Book I, page Rebecca's son, Asher Solomon, sold the tract to Page and W.E. Page on 6 March for (Deed Book 31, page The Pages were publishers of the Columbus Ledger and, judging from the deed index, were also extensively involved in real estate. Page's widow sold the property with improvements to Columbus Electric and Power Company for on 26 March (Deed Book 60, page TRIANGLE BUILDING HABS No. GA-2314 (Page 2) A single large structure with the address of Broad first appears in the city directory.

Prior to that time, the lot contained four addresses with buildings utilized as a residence, a saloon, a grocery, and a furniture store Sanborn Insurance Company maps and city directories). Whatley, a wholesale grocer, occupied the building from through In the building was the address for both the Columbus Ledger and the Columbus Electric and Power Company. By the newspaper had relocated to Street. According to the Columbus Industrial Index, the building was remodeled into an office building in by Columbus Electric and Power Company at a cost of Charles F. Hickman was architect and J. F. Bradfield was contractor. A photograph of the remodeled structure is shown in that publication (Industrial Index, 31 August page 8).

Much of the architectural character of the structure relates to this remodeling. Columbus Electric and Power Company was purchased by Georgia Power Company on 5 August and consolidated into a new company in retaining the name Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power Company files). The building was known as the Georgia Power Office Building until it was abandoned by the company in Demolition of the building was contemplated in following extensive water damage resulting from a broken sprinkler system (Georgia Power Company files). However, the building was sold instead to James F. Day on 30 June (Deed Book 60, page The building was later rented, primarily as a furniture store. The structure was abandoned in the and allowed to deteriorate to its present state.

Floor plans for the building from the and photographs taken as early as are present in the files of the Georgia Power Company. Copies of the floor plans (see attached) illustrate the partitioning, some of which was temporary, of the structure as an office in Attached photographs show the structure when occupied by both Columbus Electric and Power Company and Georgia Power Company.

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