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- ↑ "Rhodes Haverty Partnership ends", Atlanta Georgian and News, Nov. 23, 1908, page 1
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- ↑ "Rhodes-Haverty Building", City of Atlanta Online Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ Paul Carroll, Billion-dollar Lessons, op.47
- ↑ "Rooms to Go wins auction for Rhodes", Charleston SC Post and Courier, August 17, 2005
- ↑ Daniel Newton, Best Areas of Atlanta, Georgia