{"nrhp_refnum":"83000229","name":"Imperial Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"355 Peachtree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.764038812000024,"lon":-84.38539485599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story hotel at 355 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1910-1911 to designs by architect Edward E. Dougherty, with R. M. Walker as builder.","why_significant":"The hotel is one of the few remaining tall buildings in a variation of the Chicago style from Atlanta's first era of skyscraper construction. Its reinforced concrete frame was an early and innovative use of the material, and it is a good example of 'fireproof' hotel construction. It also represents the modestly priced hotels that served traveling salesmen, businessmen and tourists, and it marks early commercial growth northward along Peachtree Street.","narrative":"Rising eight stories at the intersection of Peachtree Street, Ivy Street and Ralph McGill Boulevard, the Imperial Hotel was built in 1910-1911 just north of downtown Atlanta. Architect Edward E. Dougherty designed it with a reinforced concrete frame, red brick veneer and terra cotta insets, in a variation of the Chicago style. Rows of sheet metal bay windows are among its notable features. Although the ground floor was altered in 1953 and the lobby remodeled, the upper floors remain largely intact, with simple trim, window seats and original bathroom fixtures. The hotel was listed for its architecture and its role in commerce. It is one of few surviving tall buildings from the city's first skyscraper era and an early concrete-framed example. It also represents the moderately priced, fireproof hotels that served drummers, businessmen and tourists, in contrast to grander hotels such as the Georgian Terrace and the Biltmore. It was among the earliest major commercial buildings on the Peachtree corridor north of downtown.","period_of_significance":"1910-1911","architect_builder":"Edward E. Dougherty, Architect; R. M. Walker, Builder","architectural_style":"Variation of the Chicago style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied (vacant) at the time of nomination, in fair condition; a restoration was planned that would remove the 1953 front addition and reconstruct the original arcade.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.455658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000229.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000229/c658a50993-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000229/c658a50993-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ganeshk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlanta_Imperial_Hotel_2012_09_15_05_6056.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_Imperial_Hotel_2012_09_15_05_6056.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208232","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Hotel_(Atlanta)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6006631"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/imperial-hotel-83000229/"}