The English-American Building, commonly referenced as the Flatiron Building, is a building completed in 1897 located at 84

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NW in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on the wedge-shaped block between Peachtree Street NE, Poplar Street NW, and Broad Street NW. It was completed five years before

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Flatiron Building The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story, steel-framed landmarked building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the eponymous Flatiron District neighborhood of the Boroughs of New York City, borough of Manhattan in New ...

, and shares a similar prominent flatiron shape as its counterpart. It was designed by

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, a Chicago school contemporary of Daniel Burnham, the designer of the New York building. The building has 11

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, and is the city's second and oldest standing

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. The Flatiron building is protected by the city as a

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in the Fairlie-Poplar district of

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, and is listed in the

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. Immediately across Peachtree is the historic Rhodes-Haverty Building, on the north corner with Williams Street. FlatironCity is now home to a

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, Women's Entrepreneurship Institute and 20+ entrepreneurs and startups. In 2017, it was announced that a

statue of Evander Holyfield The Evander Holyfield statue is a monumental statue of famed professional boxer Evander Holyfield, located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The statue was designed by sculptor Brian Hanlon and unveiled in front of State Farm Arena on June 2 ...

would be installed in front of the building. However, the planned location for the statue has since been changed. File:Entrance to the Flatiron Building Atlanta (4438170359).jpg, Peachtree Street entrance File:Flatiron Building Atlanta.jpg File:Flatiron Building Atlanta1.jpg File:ATL Flatiron Building.jpg

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Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary
* ttp://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/landingpage/collection/CobbBenning T. Cobb Benning Photographs, 1897-1898from the Digital Library of Georgia {{Atlanta landmarks Office buildings completed in 1897 Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta City of Atlanta-designated historic sites National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta Chicago school architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)