{"nrhp_refnum":"76000630","name":"Shrine of the Immaculate Conception","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"48 Hunter St., SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.75032906000007,"lon":-84.38937296399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Gothic Revival Catholic church at 48 Hunter Street, S.W., in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built 1869-1873 to designs by William H. Parkins. It sits on a granite base and has two unequal square towers on its facade.","why_significant":"It is the first Catholic church and Mother Parish of Atlanta and one of the oldest standing structures in the city. Its architecture, designed by early Atlanta architect William H. Parkins, blends English, French and Italian Gothic influences into an eclectic Early Victorian Gothic Revival design. It is also one of the few vestiges of the post-Civil War city amid today's skyscrapers.","narrative":"Built between 1869 and 1873 on Hunter Street in downtown Atlanta, this red brick church rises from a granite base about six feet above street level. Architect William H. Parkins, who came to the city from New York in 1868, designed it in a Gothic Revival style that draws on English, French and Italian sources. Its facade features two square towers of unequal height, one 80 feet and the other 125 feet, flanking a gable above a three-part entrance. Inside, cast iron cluster columns carry a nave arcade of pointed arches. The building replaced an 1848 wooden church damaged during the 1864 siege of Atlanta. It is regarded as the Mother Parish of Atlanta's Catholic community and was officially designated a shrine in 1954. Interior changes occurred in 1923, 1954 and 1969, while the exterior has remained largely unchanged apart from a lost tower parapet balustrade. A brick rectory was added in 1880.","period_of_significance":"1869-1873","architect_builder":"William H. Parkins","architectural_style":"Early Victorian Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use; the basement continues to serve for offices and Sunday school rooms. Condition marked excellent. Interior altered in 1923, 1954 and 1969.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.144163-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/76000630.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000630/1253096e31-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000630/1253096e31-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"dbking","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shrine_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">dbking</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shrine_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208334","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Immaculate_Conception","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7504083"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/shrine-of-the-immaculate-conception-76000630/"}