Candler Building, building in Georgia, United States
Candler Building is a bank building in Georgia constructed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style. The structure displays characteristic features of this approach, including ornamental detailing, generous proportions, and a vertical emphasis across its facade.
Asa Griggs Candler, the Coca-Cola magnate, completed the 17-story tower in 1906, when it was the tallest building in Atlanta. The site, where Houston Street (now John Wesley Dobbs Avenue) meets Peachtree Street, had held one of the city's earliest churches, built on land donated by Judge Reuben Cone in the 1840s. The cornerstone, laid in 1904, names George E. Murphy as architect, and the Beaux-Arts detailing survives. In 2016 the owner REM Associates announced a hotel conversion, and The Candler Hotel opened on October 24, 2019.
The hotel entrance is at 127 Peachtree Street NE, on the block bordering the north side of Woodruff Park. Guests and visitors can go inside: the 1906 lobby is open to the public, and the restaurant By George occupies the former Central Bank and Trust space. The hotel has 6,000 square feet of meeting space.
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