The Tabernacle, Concert hall in Downtown Atlanta, US
The Tabernacle is a concert hall in a former church building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The rectangular structure rises over five floors with tiered seating levels, adorned with detailed plasterwork and tall arched windows on all sides.
Dr. Len G. Broughton founded the Baptist Tabernacle congregation in 1898; the present building, designed by Chattanooga architect Reuben Harrison Hunt, held its first services on September 3, 1911, with a cornerstone laid in March 1910. The red-brick, granite-trimmed neoclassical church seated 4,000. Membership peaked above 3,000 in the 1950s, then fell to about 100, and in December 1991 the congregation voted to stop services and sell. The building reopened as a concert venue in 1996, the year of the Atlanta Olympics, and is now run by Live Nation with a capacity of 2,600.
The hall still carries traces of its religious past through stained glass windows and wooden pews lining the side galleries. Visitors experience rock concerts and electronic music in a room originally designed for worship and sermons.
The concert hall sits on Luckie Street and holds around 2,600 people across several levels with good views toward the stage. Each floor has its own restrooms and bar areas that remain open during events.
The building's 1910 cornerstone was laid after a sermon by F. B. Meyer at a Bible Conference; Paul Dwight Moody, son of D. L. Moody, also spoke. Pastor Len G. Broughton sealed papers inside it, including that day's program, the church membership roll and a list of officers, then capped the stone with mortar.
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