Hotel Row

Hotel Row is a both National Register and locally listed historic district consisting of one block of early 20th-century commercial buildings, three to four stories high, located on Mitchell Street west of Forsyth Street in the South Downtown district of Atlanta.[2] The buildings were originally hotels with ground level retail shops built to serve the needs of passengers from Terminal Station, opened in 1905. The buildings are the most intact row of early 20th-century commercial structures in Atlanta's original business district. The decline of Hotel Row began in the 1920s due to the increased availability of automobile transportation and the construction of the Spring Street viaduct, which made getting to hotels in the northern part of the city easier. In the 1950s and 1960s, the increase in air travel led ultimately to the demolition of Terminal Station in 1971.[3][4]

Hotel Row Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Mitchell St., early 20th
Location in downtown Atlanta Location in Georgia Location in United States
Location	205--235 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°45′8″N 84°23′43″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1892–1908
Architect	Bruce & Morgan Willis F. Denny George W. Laine
Architectural style	Early commercial
NRHP reference No.	89000802[1]
Added to NRHP	July 20, 1989

The district is architecturally significant because the structures that make up the block retain most of their original historic architectural character. Several structures were developed by Samuel Inman and Walker Inman, two of Atlanta's most prominent businessmen, and the majority of the structures were designed by the leading architects of the period. They typify the early 20th-century commercial structures once common in Atlanta but now rare because of extensive redevelopment. With Atlanta's massive gentrification, plans were underway to convert some of the buildings into lofts, however these plans ultimately stalled as a result of the Late-2000s recession.[3][4]

Buildings

Buildings in Hotel Row are:[4]

Building	Year built	Address Mitchell St. (current)	Address Mitchell St. (pre-1926)	Architects	Notes
Concordia Hall	1892	201-209	35-43	Bruce & Morgan	Concordia Assn. would become the Standard Club
Gordon Hotel (form. Child's Hotel, Princeton Hotel)		211-215	45-49	Willis F. Denny	#215 Gordon Lofts
Commercial building	1908	217-221	51-53
Scoville Hotel (form. Marion Hotel)	1908	223-225	55-57	George W. Laine
The Factory Building	1908	227-231	59-63	George W. Laine	#227, Factory Lofts; #231 houses Lunacy Black Market restaurant
Sylvan Hotel (orig. known as "Terminal Hotel Annex"; also housed the Williams Hotel c. 1910)	1908 (permit issued)	233-235	65-67		#233 houses Sylvan Factory Partners

Mitchell St., early 20th century

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Lisa Raflo (May 24, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hotel Row Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 8, 2015. Photos
3. "Hotel Row Historic District", National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary, National Park Service
4. "Hotel Row", City of Atlanta, Urban Design Commission