{"nrhp_refnum":"01000080","name":"Westinghouse Electric Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"426 Marietta St., NW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.76691184600003,"lon":-84.39761393199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story concrete-frame, brick-clad industrial building at 426 Marietta Street NW in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1923 by the Massell Realty Company for the Westinghouse Electric Company and designed by architect Emil C. Seiz.","why_significant":"The building is significant under Criterion C as a good, intact example of early-20th-century fire-proof brick industrial construction, with concrete mushroom columns and an original \"tin man\" water tank. It is significant under Criterion A for its link to Westinghouse and the expansion of electrification in Atlanta. It is also noted for the work of architect Emil C. Seiz.","narrative":"Along the industrial stretch of Marietta Street northwest of downtown Atlanta, a six-story brick building completed in 1923 housed the southeastern headquarters of the Westinghouse Electric Company. The Massell Realty Company built it, and Atlanta architect Emil C. Seiz designed it. Its concrete frame, brick curtain walls and concrete mushroom columns made it fire-proof. Decorative cast-concrete shield and diamond insets mark the front facade, and cast-iron railings, original freight elevators and a hemispherical-bottom water tank on the roof survive. Westinghouse used the building for engineering, service, manufacturing, repair and warehouse operations until moving to Northside Drive in 1943. Later occupants included a Bell Aircraft training school, a federal procurement office, a Sears warehouse and records-storage firms. A certified rehabilitation completed in 1997 converted the interior to offices and lofts. The building was listed for its association with Westinghouse and the electrification of Atlanta, and as an intact industrial building of its era.","period_of_significance":"1923-1943","architect_builder":"Seiz, Emil C., architect","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated with certification in 1997; converted to offices and lofts, which are its current uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.12382-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01000080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000080/9c9f19f094-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000080/9c9f19f094-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JJonahJackalope","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westinghouse_Electric_Company_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JJonahJackalope</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westinghouse_Electric_Company_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208398","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134305590"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/westinghouse-electric-company-building-01000080/"}