{"nrhp_refnum":"08000968","name":"General Electric Company Repair Shop Warehouse","other_names":["Toby Sexton Tire"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"488 Glenn Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.739542724000046,"lon":-84.40372901199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two large masonry industrial buildings, a two-story brick repair shop and a four-story concrete-framed warehouse, built in 1922 at Glenn and Humphries streets in Atlanta's Mechanicsville neighborhood, Fulton County, Georgia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are excellent examples of large 1920s industrial architecture, with concrete-framed warehouse construction, brick infill and factory windows. They also represent Atlanta's rise as a regional corporate center and the spread of electricity and electrical appliances in the Southeast. It describes the complex as the only building in Atlanta that represents General Electric's rise in the region.","narrative":"Two large masonry buildings at Glenn and Humphries streets in Atlanta's Mechanicsville neighborhood once served as General Electric's Southeast regional repair shop and warehouse. Built in 1922 and designed by General Electric, they were constructed by the Atlanta firm Flagler Company. The four-story warehouse has a concrete frame supported by mushroom-shaped columns, brick spandrel walls and a tall open concrete tower that served as advertising. Beside it stands a plain two-story brick repair shop with large factory windows. A trade magazine called the warehouse the South's largest electrical warehouse. The complex is recognized for its architecture, as a strong example of the fireproof, quickly built concrete-framed industrial buildings common in the 1920s and 1930s, and for its link to Atlanta's growth as a regional business center and the spread of electricity and appliances across the South. General Electric operated here until 1977, and a tire business later occupied the warehouse. In 2006 both buildings were rehabilitated as apartments.","period_of_significance":"1922-1958","architect_builder":"Flagler Company (builder); designed by General Electric","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movement: Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated as residential apartments in 2006; current use is multiple dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.841701-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08000968.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000968/c99cb30048-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000968/c99cb30048-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Geoff Bartlett","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_General_Electric_Company_Warehouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoff Bartlett</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_General_Electric_Company_Warehouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208190","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134355801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/general-electric-company-repair-shop-warehouse-08000968/"}