{"nrhp_refnum":"79003318","name":"Grant, W. D., Building","other_names":["Standard Federal Savings Building","Prudential Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"44 Broad St., NW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.75566204300003,"lon":-84.39002075599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story steel-frame office tower at 44 Broad Street, N.W., in downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1898 and designed by architect Thomas Henry Morgan for William Daniel Grant II.","why_significant":"It is described as Atlanta's earliest all-steel-frame, fireproof building and possibly the first in the Southeast, and it became a prototype for later commercial construction. It is also a prime local example of Chicago School design. It was the first Atlanta structure to occupy a full city block and reflects the 1890s northward growth of the central business district.","narrative":"Built in 1898 at 44 Broad Street, N.W., this ten-story office tower was Atlanta's first all-steel-frame, fireproof building and possibly the first in the Southeast. William Daniel Grant II, a Confederate veteran turned financier, commissioned it and sent architect Thomas Henry Morgan to Chicago to learn the commercial style then emerging there. The exposed frame is faced with Bedford limestone, with wide wooden windows between narrow piers, arched entrances, and a classical overhanging cornice. A U-shaped floor plan placed elevators, stairs and service spaces toward the rear alley, leaving more window offices. A Prudential Life Insurance loan helped finance construction, so it was called the Prudential Building until 1910. It was the first Atlanta structure to fill an entire city block and marked the northward growth of the downtown business district during the 1890s. The interior retains white marble, natural oak finishes and some original monogrammed hardware.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"Thomas Henry Morgan","architectural_style":"Chicago School commercial style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent and unaltered apart from minor interior changes; mostly occupied by business offices at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.075102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79003318.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003318/563375953a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003318/563375953a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grant_Building,_Atlanta,_GA_(40508262683).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grant_Building,_Atlanta,_GA_(40508262683).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82002416","name":"Fairlie-Poplar Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/fairlie-poplar-historic-district-82002416/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208208","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._Grant_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98609180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/grant-w-d-building-79003318/"}