Thomas G. Healey (c. 1818–1897) was an

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real estate developer, politician, street railway entrepreneur and banker. Healey started in the brick-making business and as a builder and contractor in partnership with Maxwell Berry who together managed the construction of Church (now Shrine) of the Immaculate Conception and the United States U.S. Post Office and Customs House (later used as City Hall). Healey invested in land including the northwest corner of Marietta and

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s where he built the first Healey Building."Healey Building", City of Atlanta: Urban Design Commission
/ref>''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1820s-1870s'', Franklin M. Garrett, p.351
/ref> Healey's other endeavors included: *In 1873, co-founded the

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*From 1877 to 1882, president of the

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Company *In the 1880s, president of the

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*Executive Committee of the 1881

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*Director of

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's Atlanta Home Insurance Company *City alderman-at-large (1881) and mayor pro tem (1884)

Legacy

After Thomas Healey's death in 1897, his son William carried on the family businesses, which included the construction of the second

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(1914, still standing) in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown Atlanta. The William-Oliver Building was built on the site of the first Healey Building in 1930, and is named after Healey's two grandsons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healey, Thomas G. Businesspeople from Atlanta American real estate and property developers Atlanta City Council members 19th-century American railroad executives 1810s births 1897 deaths 19th-century American politicians