Rhodes-Haverty Building, High-rise building on Peachtree Street, Atlanta, United States.
The Rhodes-Haverty Building is a 21-story, 74.98-meter high-rise at Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, designed by the Atlanta firm Pringle and Smith and completed in 1929. Its dark stone exterior and geometric detailing belong to the Commercial Style rather than Romanesque design. The building faces the English-American Building, commonly called the Flatiron Building, across Peachtree Street.
The structure was built in 1929 by furniture entrepreneurs Rhodes and Haverty and remained Atlanta's tallest building until 1954. Its construction marked a turning point in urban development and set new standards for office buildings in the region.
The name comes from the Rhodes Haverty Investment Company, the partnership of furniture magnates Amos G. Rhodes of Rhodes Furniture and J. J. Haverty of Havertys that built it. It was not named after the Rhodes–Haverty Furniture Company, dissolved in 1908. Across Peachtree Street stands the English-American Building, known as the Candler Building.
The building sits on Peachtree Street NW in the downtown area and is easy to reach on foot. Today it operates as a hotel, and the lobby is accessible to visitors who want to see the interior architecture.
The building was not named after the Rhodes–Haverty Furniture Company (1889–1908), which had already been dissolved; it was built for the Rhodes Haverty Investment Company, the partnership of Amos G. Rhodes and J. J. Haverty. The office-to-hotel conversion came in 1995–1996, about 66 years after the 1929 opening.
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