Peachtree Center in Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Georgia-Pacific
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021
1. Georgia-Pacific Marker
Inscription.
Georgia-Pacific. . Owen R. Cheatham founded the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company in Augusta, GA, in 1927. By 1938, the company operated five lumberyards in the South. To broaden its product line, the company purchased its first Pacific Coast facility , a plywood plant , in 1947. In 1948, the company was renamed Georgia-Pacific Plywood and Lumber Company and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1949. Its first operation outside North America began in the Philippines in 1963. Georgia-Pacific Center, the company's corporate headquarters, was built in 1982 on the site of Loew's Grand Theatre, where Gone with the Wind premiered in 1939. At its 90th anniversary in 2017, Georgia-Pacific was one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer products, building products, packaging, and pulp with tens of thousands of employees across the globe, including 7,500 in Georgia.
Owen R. Cheatham founded the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company in Augusta, GA, in 1927. By 1938, the company operated five lumberyards in the South. To broaden its product line, the company purchased its first Pacific Coast facility — a plywood plant — in 1947. In 1948, the company was renamed Georgia-Pacific Plywood and Lumber Company and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1949. Its first operation outside North America began in the Philippines in 1963. Georgia-Pacific Center, the company's corporate headquarters, was built in 1982 on the site of Loew's Grand Theatre, where Gone with the Wind premiered in 1939. At its 90th anniversary in 2017, Georgia-Pacific was one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer products, building products, packaging, and pulp with tens of thousands of employees across the globe, including 7,500 in Georgia.
Erected 2017 by Georgia Historical Society • Georgia-Pacific. (Marker Number 60-23.)
Location. 33° 45.434′ N, 84° 23.268′ W. Marker is in Atlanta
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, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in Peachtree Center. Marker is at the intersection of Peachtree Street and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north on Peachtree Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 133 Peachtree St, Atlanta GA 30303, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Georgia-Pacific History. Decade-by-decade history of the company. (Georgia-Pacific) (Submitted on November 30, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021
2. Georgia-Pacific Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 254 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 30, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
