{"nrhp_refnum":"96000337","name":"King Plow Company","other_names":["Atlanta Plow Co.","Atlanta Agricultural Works"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"887 W. Marietta St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.781634885000074,"lon":-84.41606315899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 7.8-acre industrial district at 887 West Marietta Street in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, made up of ten contributing buildings and one noncontributing building. The main factory buildings date from c.1902 and 1936, with a c.1940 cottage office.","why_significant":"The complex was the principal plant of the King Plow Company, one of the South's leading makers of farming implements from 1901 to 1986. It is also an intact example of utilitarian industrial design, showing the shift from masonry and heavy timber to steel post-and-truss construction. It is a remnant of the rail-based industrial corridor along Marietta Street.","narrative":"This 7.8-acre complex on West Marietta Street in Atlanta was the main manufacturing plant of the King Plow Company, which made farming implements from 1901 to 1986 and shipped to over 38 states and other countries. Ten contributing brick and steel buildings sit beside the railroad tracks. The earliest, built about 1902, use load-bearing masonry walls, heavy timber post-and-beam supports, and segmentally arched windows. Those added in 1936 use steel post-and-truss framing with large factory sash windows. Together they show the move from wood and masonry to steel construction. A c.1940 brick cottage served as the main office. A 1968 steel storage building is noncontributing. The complex was listed for its role in Georgia's industrial history and as an intact example of utilitarian factory design. It has been rehabilitated as an arts center with loft housing, galleries, studios, and performance space, and it is one of the few surviving examples of this type of rail-side industrial complex in Atlanta.","period_of_significance":"1902-1946","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"OTHER: functional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated through a certified project into studio apartments, gallery space, and a visual and performing arts center (King Plow Arts Center), opened in 1993.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.05482-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/96000337.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000337/8859c9445b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000337/8859c9445b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Techbonefrombama","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Plow_Company_ATL.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Techbonefrombama</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:King_Plow_Company_ATL.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000676","name":"Howell Interlocking Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/howell-interlocking-historic-district-03000676/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208242","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141760329"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/king-plow-company-96000337/"}