{"nrhp_refnum":"87001911","name":"St. Mark Methodist Church","other_names":["St. Mark United Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"781 Peachtree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.77707795200007,"lon":-84.38381093999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic-style granite church at 781 Peachtree Street, on the southeast corner of Peachtree and Fifth Streets in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1902-1903 and designed by Atlanta architect Willis F. Denny.","why_significant":"The church is significant in architecture as one of Atlanta's few remaining early 20th-century Gothic granite churches and one of three surviving churches by Willis F. Denny. It is also significant in art for its stained glass, including pot-metal windows made by Franz Mayer and Company of Munich. It may also relate to the religious and social history of Atlanta through its link to a mission in the \"Tight Squeeze\" community associated with Warren A. Candler.","narrative":"St. Mark United Methodist Church is a rectangular granite building with Gothic detailing at Peachtree and Fifth Streets in Atlanta. Built in 1902-1903 to designs by Willis F. Denny, it has a triple entrance portal beneath a large lancet-arched window, a tall bell tower on one corner and a narrow polygonal tower with spire on the other. Inside, the original pews, wainscoting and wood doors survive. The sanctuary holds opalescent glass windows and twelve pictorial windows made by Franz Mayer and Company of Munich, installed between 1909 and 1959 using the medieval pot-metal technique. A chapel was added in 1947 and an education building in 1957, forming a U-shaped complex around a courtyard used as a playground. The church was listed for its architecture as one of Atlanta's few remaining early 20th-century Gothic granite churches and one of three surviving Denny churches, and for its stained glass. It also has ties to a Methodist mission linked to Warren A. Candler.","period_of_significance":"1903-193 (as given; the final digit is cut off in the form)","architect_builder":"Willis F. Denny","architectural_style":"Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; the church is in use for religious and educational purposes, including a day school. Altered by a 1947 chapel, a 1957 education building and a 1959 altar renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.54699-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87001911.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001911/77d41ea50e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001911/77d41ea50e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Neonorange","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mark_Methodist_Church_781_Peachtree_Street_NE.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Neonorange</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:St._Mark_Methodist_Church_781_Peachtree_Street_NE.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208352","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark_United_Methodist_Church_(Atlanta)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/st-mark-methodist-church-87001911/"}