Empire Manufacturing Company Building

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Empire Manufacturing Company Building
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Location575 Glen Iris Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates 33°46′12.82″N84°22′1.43″W / 33.7702278°N 84.3670639°W / 33.7702278; -84.3670639 Coordinates: 33°46′12.82″N84°22′1.43″W / 33.7702278°N 84.3670639°W / 33.7702278; -84.3670639
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1939
Built byJackson & Edney
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP reference No. 02000078 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 2002

The Empire Manufacturing Company Building located in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.

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The building was built in 1939 by the North Carolina firm of Jackson & Edney for the National Linen Service Corporation which in 1962, merged with Zep to become National Service Industries, Inc. In the late 1990s, renovation of the building was started to convert the building into loft office space as a part of the Southern Dairies redevelopment. In February 2002, the building was added the National Register of Historic Places.

The building was built with "a clear span truss system that permitted a 95-foot span without any supporting members to break up the floor space". It has Art Deco architecture. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Holly L. Anderson, Bamby Ray, and Marion Ellis (October 24, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Empire Manufacturing Company Building". National Park Service . Retrieved April 3, 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With 15 photos.