{"nrhp_refnum":"95000910","name":"Atlanta Spring and Bed Company-Block Candy Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"512 Means St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.772479272000055,"lon":-84.40511053699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick and granite industrial building at 512 Means Street in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built around 1900 for furniture manufacturer William R. Ware.","why_significant":"It is a good example of the utilitarian industrial design used for large manufacturing buildings at the turn of the century, a type that has become increasingly rare in Atlanta. It also represents early 1900s industrial activity, housing the Atlanta Spring Bed Company and later the Block Candy Company, one of two surviving resources tied to Atlanta's first confectionery manufacturer.","narrative":"Built around 1900 at 512 Means Street in Atlanta, this four-story industrial building was constructed for furniture manufacturer William R. Ware. It combines heavy timber post-and-beam framing with load-bearing masonry walls, granite on the first floor and brick above. Segmentally arched windows, a brick belt course, a brick elevator tower and original fire doors remain. The Atlanta Spring Bed Company occupied it from 1900 to 1909, and the Block Candy Company, founded in 1866 by Frank E. Block, used it from 1928 to 1936. A textile salvage firm later occupied it from 1944 to 1985. It is valued as a surviving example of utilitarian factory design that has become rare in Atlanta, and for its link to early twentieth-century industry. It once belonged to a complex that included the neighboring buggy company and furniture company buildings. After a certified rehabilitation, it now serves as office space.","period_of_significance":"1900-1936","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER: utilitarian industrial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recently rehabilitated through a certified rehabilitation and now used as office space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.269569-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/95000910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000910/e764eb94fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000910/e764eb94fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cynthia Jennings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:512_Means_Street,_Atlanta,_Georgia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cynthia Jennings</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:512_Means_Street,_Atlanta,_Georgia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208076","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134346068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/atlanta-spring-and-bed-company-block-candy-company-95000910/"}