The ''Connally Building'' is located at 54
Peachtree Street
Peachtree Street is one of several major streets running through the city of Atlanta. Beginning at Five Points in downtown Atlanta, it runs North through Midtown; a few blocks after entering into Buckhead, the name changes to Peachtree Road a ...
(corner of Alabama Street) in
Downtown Atlanta
Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The larger of the city's two other commercial districts ( Midtown and Buckhead), it is the location of many corporate and regional headquarters; city, county ...
, adjacent to the
Underground Atlanta
Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the Five Points MARTA station. It is currently undergoing renovations. First opened in 1969, it takes ...
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 South. He maintained offices in Atlanta and New York ...
, completed in 1916.
[Building's entry on Emporis.com]
/ref> 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, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous.
In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...
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
This article is about hotels in Atlanta, including a brief history of hotels in the city and a list of some notable hotels.
Founded in the 1830s as a railroad terminus, Atlanta experienced rapid growth in its early years to become a major econo ...
External links
"Then and now" photos on Atlanta Time Machine site (blog)
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References
''AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta'', Isabelle Gournay and Gerald W. Sams, p.4
{{Atlanta landmarks
Hotels in Atlanta
Office buildings completed in 1916
1916 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)