Equitable Building, Commercial office building in downtown Atlanta, United States
The Equitable Building was an eight-story, 118-foot (36 m) structure at 30 Edgewood Avenue SE in Atlanta, Georgia, designed in the Chicago School style by Burnham and Root. Completed in 1892 for developer Joel Hurt, it was demolished in 1971, and the Trust Company of Georgia Building was later built on its site.
The structure was designed by renowned architects Burnham and Root in 1892 and remained the tallest building outside the State Capitol in Atlanta until 1897. It was demolished in 1971 to make way for new urban development projects in the city.
The building's name came from the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the New York insurer whose name marked tall office blocks across the United States in the 1890s. Its site at 30 Edgewood Avenue SE was later occupied by the Trust Company of Georgia Building, so the address now holds a different structure.
The building stood at 30 Edgewood Avenue SE in downtown Atlanta, a site now occupied by the Trust Company of Georgia Building. Nothing of the 1892 structure remains, so visitors should look for that later building rather than the Equitable itself.
Joel Hurt, a streetcar magnate and influential developer of Atlanta, commissioned this pioneering commercial building. His vision helped bring modern office development to the city and showed how private enterprise shaped the urban landscape.
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