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Hotel Row Historic District
Courtesy of the Atlanta Urban Design Commission |
Hotel Row is a single block of historic commercial buildings along
Mitchell Street that, when built, was part of Atlanta's original business
district, in the shadow of the city's main railroad station. This
district is largely unchanged from the beginning of the 20th century.
Only the first floor storefronts have been modified. The brick buildings
are between three and five stories high with plate glass storefronts
and symmetrical facades. Several buildings were built specifically
as hotels. Built as a Jewish community center, Concordia Hall is the
oldest building within Hotel Row and survived a fire in May 1908 that
destroyed the rest of the commercial buildings on this block. The
three-story brick building once featured a high Victorian facade with
gabled roofs, arched windows crowned with pediments, parapet cornices
and a projecting onion dome turret at the southwest corner. Because
of alterations in the early 20th century, much of the detailing is
gone. The ground level along Mitchell Street was originally designed
for small shops and served as additional income for the Concordia
Association. The interior includes five separate shops occuping the
street and basement levels and corresponding to the five bays which
line the main facade. The second level contains one large open room
in the front and smaller rooms facing the back alley. The third level
consists of more than 20 guestrooms with private baths.
Hotel Row Historic District
National Register photograph by Yen Tang |
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The Gordon Hotel is a three-story, buff-colored brick building featuring three
bay windows on the second and third levels, recessed between Ionic
pilasters. The street level facade also features stone pilasters with
Ionic capitals and a dentillated cornice. A narrow alley runs between
the Gordon and the adjacent commercial red brick building. The Scoville
Hotel, formerly the Marion Hotel, is a three-story, buff-colored building
having four paired windows across the upper levels. Modillions and
dentils ornament the heavy cornice line. The interior lobby of the
hotel contains some original light fixtures and a crafted wooden front
desk. The floor is a black and white checkerboard tile pattern with
the name "Scoville" laid in red tile in the front foyer. The commercial
building next to the Scoville is a three-story stone, frame and red
brick building featuring three window panels recessed between clustered
brick piers. The piers support heavy stone lintels beneath a cornice.
The Sylvan Hotel is the last building that constitutes Hotel Row.
It is a four-story building constructed of buff-colored brick built
to house guests and workers of the railroad. Five bays wide, the building
now houses retail establishments on the street level.
Hotel Row includes 205 through 235 Mitchell St. (odd numbers
only). The first floor shops are open during normal business hours.
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