The story
The South's largest department store when built, now partially serving as a data center.
Everything that was here
- 1927–2003
Davison's Department StoreDepartment Store
The South's largest department store when built, now partially serving as a data center.
See the map in 1928 → - 1924–1972
Henry Grady HotelHotel
Two rival governors claimed office from different hotel rooms during Georgia's bizarre 'three governors' crisis of 1947.
See the map in 1925 → - 1903–1965
Piedmont HotelHotel
Three U.S. presidents stayed at Atlanta's 'New York City hotel,' built on land once owned by Mayor William Ezzard.
See the map in 1904 → - 1913–1946
Winecoff HotelHotel
The Winecoff was advertised as "absolutely fireproof" but had no sprinklers and one stairway. On December 7, 1946, a fire there killed 119 people.
See the map in 1914 →
Nearby history
Loew's Grand Theatre (originally DeGive's Grand Opera House)
157 Peachtree Street NE (at Forsyth Street), Atlanta, GA · 65 m away
Atlanta Carnegie Library
126 Carnegie Way NW · 84 m away
Carnegie Library of Atlanta
Forsyth Street at Carnegie Way NW, Atlanta, GA · 151 m away
Heart of Atlanta Motel
255 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA · 343 m away
Loew's Grand Theatre
157 Peachtree Street NE · 372 m away
152 Nassau Street
152 Nassau Street NW · 400 m away
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