{"nrhp_refnum":"71000274","name":"Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta","other_names":["Cyclorama"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Cherokee Ave., Grant Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.72594008500005,"lon":-84.37104618899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 360-degree painted panorama (cyclorama) of the July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta, painted in Milwaukee in 1885-1887 and housed in a marble and granite building in Grant Park, Atlanta, Georgia. It is owned by the City of Atlanta Parks Department.","why_significant":"The painting is a detailed pictorial narrative of the key battle of the Atlanta Campaign and one of the few reminders of that period in the city's history. It is one of the largest paintings in the world and one of three surviving cycloramas. Its 1936 three-dimensional foreground makes it the only one of the three with a diorama effect.","narrative":"Housed in a marble and granite building in Grant Park, this cyclorama is a 360-degree painting of the July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta. The cotton duck canvas is 400 feet around, 50 feet high and weighs 18,000 pounds. Ten German artists painted it in Milwaukee for the American Cyclorama Company after studying the battlefield in 1885, and it was first shown in Detroit in 1887. After touring American cities, it reached Atlanta in 1892, was sold at a sheriff's auction in 1893, and was later given to the city. Between 1934 and 1936 a WPA project added a three-dimensional foreground of plaster figures, shells, stumps and Georgia clay. The nomination cites its status as one of the largest paintings in the world and one of three surviving cycloramas, and the only one with a diorama effect. It also notes areas of deterioration and a need for restoration study.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Painted by a group of ten German artists under August Lohr and R.M. Heine at the American Cyclorama Company, Milwaukee; 1934-1936 foreground added by a WPA project directed by Wilbur G. Kurtz, Victor Llorens and Weiss Snell.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in comparatively good preservation, though several small areas are badly deteriorated and the canvas, hung in free suspension, risks tearing; conservators recommended a preservation study. The form marks the property as occupied and open to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.846263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000274.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000274/fe6218c7ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000274/fe6218c7ec-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Scott Ehardt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlanta_Cyclorama.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Ehardt</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlanta_Cyclorama.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208148","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Cyclorama_%26_Civil_War_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4816059"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/cyclorama-of-the-battle-of-atlanta-71000274/"}