Flatiron Building
- Architect
- Bradford Gilbert
- Year
- 1897
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Atlanta, GA
- Collection
- neoclassical
The Flatiron Building in downtown Atlanta was completed in 1897 to a design by Bradford Gilbert, making it one of the city's earliest skyscrapers. Built in the Neoclassical style, its narrow, wedge-shaped footprint gives it a distinctive presence on the street, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
The wedge shape. The building's narrow, triangular footprint creates its namesake flatiron form, a distinctive massing highly visible on the street.
the style
The Flatiron Building was designed in the Neoclassical style.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Bradford Gilbert designed the Flatiron Building, completed in 1897.
significance
The Flatiron Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Candler Building
- Healey Building
- Rhodes-Haverty Building
- Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building
- Atlanta Fulton County Central Library
- J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building