{"nrhp_refnum":"76000626","name":"English-American Building","other_names":["Georgia Savings Bank Building","Flatiron Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"74 Peachtree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.75634972600005,"lon":-84.38843481199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eleven-story, narrow triangular steel-frame office and bank building at 74 Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1897 and designed by Bradford Gilbert for the English-American Loan and Trust Company.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as Atlanta's oldest standing skyscraper, designed by New York architect Bradford Gilbert. Its triangular form and tiers of bay windows anchor the central business district and reflect the city's early commercial growth. It also pre-dates New York's similar Flatiron Building of 1901.","narrative":"Rising eleven stories on a narrow triangular lot between Peachtree, Broad and Poplar Streets, this steel-frame building is Atlanta's oldest standing skyscraper. Construction began in 1897 for the English-American Loan and Trust Company, and the design came from New York architect Bradford Gilbert, who had earlier designed that city's first steel-frame building. The facades have a two-story base of half-columns and piers, vertical tiers of bay windows, and a heavy overhanging cornice. Its shape closely resembles New York's Flatiron Building of 1901, and the Atlanta building took the Flatiron name in 1916. It was later called the Empire Life Building and, from 1920, the Georgia Savings Bank Building. At the time of listing, a bank was renovating it, lowering some ceilings and preserving an iron and marble staircase. The nomination values it as a visible reminder of early commercial activity and a strong visual anchor downtown.","period_of_significance":"1897","architect_builder":"Bradford Gilbert","architectural_style":"Commercial style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and under renovation by its new bank owner at the time of nomination; exterior largely intact with some interior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.760861-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000626.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000626/29469d1386-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000626/29469d1386-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Eoghanacht","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flatiron-Bldg-Atlanta.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eoghanacht</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flatiron-Bldg-Atlanta.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208162","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building_(Atlanta)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5457908"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/english-american-building-76000626/"}