{"nrhp_refnum":"77000427","name":"Degive's Grand Opera House","other_names":["Loew's Grand Theatre"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"157 Peachtree St., NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.75776160800007,"lon":-84.38698876599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story building at 157 Peachtree Street N.E. in Atlanta, Georgia, combining an opera house auditorium (completed 1893) with a front office tower (completed 1895), later known as Loew's Grand Theatre.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Atlanta's oldest extant theater and a longtime center of the city's social life, including the 1939 premiere of \"Gone With the Wind.\" It is also cited for its Romanesque facade and its 1931 Art Deco interior remodelling by a renowned theater architect.","narrative":"Built for Atlanta businessman Laurent De Give, this seven-story building at 157 Peachtree Street combined an opera house, shops, offices and apartments. The auditorium opened in February 1893 and held about 2,700 people, with frescoed ceilings and a richly decorated interior by the New York firm McEltrick and Sons. The office tower in front, finished in 1895 by the Atlanta firm Nixon & Lindsey, has a Romanesque-derived facade with round arches, a white stone base, a Palladian-style window and a lace-like frieze. The theatre hosted prominent performers and society events, and was leased in 1929 to Loew's Theatre Corporation. In 1931 its interior was remodelled in an Art Deco style based on a chevron pattern, with a single balcony replacing two. It is remembered as the site of the 1939 premiere of \"Gone With the Wind.\" It is described as Atlanta's oldest surviving theater, though it was poorly maintained and threatened with demolition when listed.","period_of_significance":"1893, 1895","architect_builder":"Nixon & Lindsey (office tower); McEltrick & Sons of New York (original interior); Thomas W. Lamb (1931 interior remodelling; the significance section names him Charles Lamb)","architectural_style":"Romanesque-derived facade; Art Deco interior","criteria":[],"status_note":"At the time of nomination the theatre and office tower were described as poorly maintained, in need of repair and in danger of demolition. Later correspondence reports a January 1978 fire and demolition of the street facade.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.799173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000427/ca9599c1c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000427/ca9599c1c5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"The original uploader was Smitheys1 at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loewes_Grand_Theater.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Smitheys1 at English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loewes_Grand_Theater.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208152","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loew%27s_Grand_Theatre","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6666596"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/degives-grand-opera-house-77000427/"}