Medical Arts Building, Beaux-Arts medical building in Downtown Atlanta, United States.
The Medical Arts Building is a 12-story Beaux-Arts structure at 384 Peachtree Street with tan brick walls and limestone detailing on its facade. It originally housed medical offices, a drugstore, cafeteria, and commercial spaces designed to serve healthcare professionals and their patients.
Architect G. Lloyd Preacher designed and completed this building in 1927 as a modern medical center combining offices and services. It became an important hub for healthcare professionals in the downtown area.
The building's name reflects its original role as a hub for doctors' offices, and when it opened in 1927 its medical facilities were considered among the most modern and well-equipped of the time. Visitors can still read that purpose in the carved name above the entrance.
The building stands at the northern end of Downtown Atlanta and has been vacant since 1995, so it can only be viewed from the street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 and on the Georgia Trust's 2011 Places in Peril. Large advertisements, including signs for MetroPCS and Crown Royal Black, have been mounted on its sides.
The building has stood vacant since 1995, and of the 10 downtown structures on Central Atlanta Progress's 2003 "eyesores" list, it is the only one not renovated or repurposed. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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