{"nrhp_refnum":"80001070","name":"Academy of Medicine","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"875 W. Peachtree St., NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.77921429100007,"lon":-84.38676899999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Neo-Classical meeting hall and office building at 875 West Peachtree Street, N.E., in Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1941 for the city's medical society. R. Kennon Perry was supervising architect, with Hentz, Adler, and Shutze as consulting architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent and rare example of Neo-Classical architecture in Atlanta, with a design credited to Philip T. Shutze. It also represents the prominence of the medical profession in Atlanta and houses the city's oldest medical society, which supported medical education and facilities.","narrative":"Built in 1941 on West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, the Academy of Medicine is a Neo-Classical building created as a home for the city's oldest medical society, now the Medical Association of Atlanta. It has a five-bay front with a pedimented portico of six Tuscan columns bearing a large caduceus, a cupola, and a semi-circular rear projection housing an auditorium. Inside, a domed rotunda is decorated with Greek fret molding and small caducei. R. Kennon Perry supervised the project and signed the plans, while Philip T. Shutze of Hentz, Adler, and Shutze developed the design. The building was dedicated on December 15, 1941, and its debt was paid off in 1946. It was intended as a central meeting place and a site for postgraduate instruction. The nomination values it as one of few Neo-Classical buildings in Atlanta and as a small institutional work by Shutze, a regional master of the style. It remains in use as a meeting place.","period_of_significance":"1941","architect_builder":"R. Kennon Perry with Hentz, Adler, and Shutze","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and still used as the medical society's meeting place, with meeting space rented to other organizations; condition listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.413926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001070.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001070/2c3ba34432-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001070/2c3ba34432-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jeff Clemmons","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Academy_of_Medicine.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Clemmons</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Academy_of_Medicine.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208048","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Medicine_(Atlanta)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4671488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/academy-of-medicine-80001070/"}