{"nrhp_refnum":"77000431","name":"Hurt Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"45 Edgewood Ave., NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.754188980000066,"lon":-84.38671147546455,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seventeen-story commercial office building at 45 Edgewood Avenue, N.E., in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, on a triangular site. The main shaft was built in 1913 to designs by New York architect J.E.R. Carpenter for Joel Hurt; the wings and light court were added in 1924-1926.","why_significant":"The nomination holds the building significant in architecture as a sober, competent example of the commercial-style high-rise, reflecting the design ideas of engineer-builder Joel Hurt. It is described as a good Atlanta example of the skyscraper form developed by Louis Sullivan and the Chicago School. It was Atlanta's largest office building and was said to be the seventeenth-largest in the world.","narrative":"Rising seventeen floors on a triangular block bounded by Edgewood Avenue, Exchange Place and Ivy Street, this Atlanta office tower was shaped by its irregular site. Architect J.E.R. Carpenter of New York adopted a plan much like that of the nearby Candler Building. The four-story stone base carries a thirteen-story brick shaft with green terra cotta spandrels, and a domed rotunda on marble columns marks the entrance at the apex. Wings enclose a V-shaped light court. Joel Hurt, an Atlanta engineer and builder, made preliminary drawings for years before hiring Carpenter, and he favored plain, efficient design over ornament. The main shaft was erected in 1913 and was promoted as nearly fireproof, with 711 reinforced concrete piles in its foundation. World War I delayed the wings and light court until 1924-1926. At 383,633 square feet of rentable space when finished, it exceeded Hurt's earlier Equitable Building and was said to be the seventeenth-largest office building in the world.","period_of_significance":"1912-1913; 1924-1926","architect_builder":"J.E.R. Carpenter, N.Y.C.","architectural_style":"Commercial style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and privately owned. Elevator and tenant changes have modified the original main floor plan and spaces.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.160293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000431.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000431/732d3a52fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000431/732d3a52fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ganeshk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlanta_Hurt_Building_2012_09_15_06_6204.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ganeshk</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:Atlanta_Hurt_Building_2012_09_15_06_6204.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208230","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5948694"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/hurt-building-77000431/"}