South Downtown in Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Government In Atlanta

Government Walk

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 2, 2024

1. Government In Atlanta Marker

Inscription. Atlanta is a center for many levels of government - city county, state, and federal. Government buildings are linked by a corridor that extends along two parallel streets - Mitchell Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive - from the State Capitol to the Richard B. Russelle Federal Building. The Gothic Revival styled City Hall on Mitchell Street, designed by G. Lloyd Preacher, was completed in 1930 with materials mined or manufactured in Georgia. Atlanta became the temporary state capital in 1868 and the permanent capital in 1877, using its status as a railroad hub as incentive for the legislators to move the capitol from Milledgeville, Georgia. The Neoclassical marble Capitol on Washington Street, the work of Chicago architects Edbrooke and Burnham, was dedicated on July 4, 1889. The Fulton County courthouse (1914, A. Ten Eyck Brown, architect) and administration buildings (1930, Morgan & Dillon, architects; 1989, Rosser Fabrap) are located on Pryor Street. The U.S. Court in Georgia, the regional branches of the Department of Justice, the National Park Service, and other federal agencies are located in the Richard Russell Building on Spring Street.

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Fulton County Courthouse exterior, 1895
Kimball's Opera House (first state capitol), Circa 1878
Watercolor of the first city hall by historian/artist Wilbur Kurtz

Erected by Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1889.

Location. 33° 44.975′ N, 84° 23.235′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in South Downtown. It is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Junior Drive Southwest and Piedmont Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling west on Martin Luther

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King Junior Drive Southwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 19 M.L.K Jr Dr SW, Atlanta GA 30303, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Georgia Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Atlanta War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Southwest Asia Campaign (Persian Gulf Conflict) (within shouting distance of this marker); The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam (within shouting

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 2, 2024

2. Government In Atlanta Marker

distance of this marker); Statue of Liberty Replica (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 2, 2024

3. Government In Atlanta Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 2, 2024

4. Government In Atlanta Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 2, 2024

5. Government In Atlanta Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 145 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 10, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.