{"nrhp_refnum":"91001853","name":"705 Piedmont Avenue Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"705 Piedmont Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.773684754000044,"lon":-84.38110721499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick apartment building at 705 Piedmont Avenue in the Midtown area of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1924 by developer Fitzhugh Knox and designed by architect Russel Conklin.","why_significant":"It is significant in architecture as a good example of the \"country house\" type of apartment building, designed to match the scale and character of the surrounding residential neighborhood. It uses restrained Italian Renaissance Revival detailing and reflects the 1920s multi-family housing trend in Atlanta. It is described as one of the few remaining examples of this apartment type in the city.","narrative":"Built in 1924 on a very narrow lot in Atlanta's Midtown, 705 Piedmont Avenue is a three-story apartment building of reinforced concrete with brick veneer, a tile roof and cast-concrete details. Developer Fitzhugh Knox hired young architect Russel Conklin of Mitchell and Conklin to design it. The design follows the \"country house\" apartment type, kept small in scale so it would blend with nearby single-family homes, with modest Italian Renaissance Revival touches: a pedimented central block, pilasters, urns on pedestals and an elaborate columned entrance with a broken pediment. Inside, a small lobby with a marble floor opens to a three-story atrium, marble stairs and wainscoting, and wrought-iron railings. The building originally held 24 apartments of 625 square feet each and now has 18 units. It was listed for architecture because it illustrates 1920s apartment development in Atlanta and is one of few surviving examples of the country house type.","period_of_significance":"1924","architect_builder":"Russel Conklin","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function are both multiple dwelling (apartments); the building has 18 apartment units today.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.386301-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/91001853.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001853/c6e1ac1190-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001853/c6e1ac1190-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jeff Clemmons","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:705_Piedmont.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:705_Piedmont.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208046","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134344156"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/705-piedmont-avenue-apartments-91001853/"}