Southern Bell Telephone Company Building

Southern Bell Telephone Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
AT&T Communications Building (2020)
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Location	51 Peachtree Center Ave. NE Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°45′20″N84°23′8″W / 33.75556°N 84.38556°W / 33.75556; -84.38556
Built	1929
Architect	Marye, Alger & Vinour
Architectural style	Art deco
NRHP reference No.	78000985
Added to NRHP	December 01, 1978 [1]

The Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, now known as the AT&T Communications Building, is the main telephone exchange for downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It is located at 51 Peachtree Center Avenue, on the northeast corner of Auburn Avenue.

It was designed for Southern Bell by Marye, Alger and Vinour, in an austere art deco style. Originally planned to be 25 stories in height, which would have made it the tallest building in Atlanta, it was completed in 1929 at six stories. Additions in 1947, 1948 and 1963 brought it to its present 14 stories. ^{[2] [3]}

The building is crowned by a microwave communications tower.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Sams, Gerald W. (ed), AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta, page 41. University of Georgia Press, 1993.
3. Lee, Conor (February 21, 2014). "Southern Bell Telephone Company Building". History Atlanta. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

External links

Media related to Southern Bell Telephone Company Building at Wikimedia Commons

• Atlanta Telephone History - 51 Ivy

Detail over door