Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments | |
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| Location | 817 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°46′36″N84°23′11″W / 33.77667°N 84.38639°W /33.77667; -84.38639 |
| Built | 1924 |
| Built by | Starrett Bros. |
| Architect | Leonard Schultze |
| Architectural style | Neo-Georgian, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001071[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | January 20, 1980 |
| Designated ALB | October 23, 1989 |
TheAtlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments is a historic building located inAtlanta, Georgia. The complex, originally consisting of a hotel and apartments, was developed by William Candler, son ofCoca-Cola executiveAsa Candler, with Holland Ball Judkins andJohn McEntee Bowman. The original hotel building was converted to an office building in 1999. The building is currently owned by theGeorgia Institute of Technology and is adjacent toTechnology Square.
Opened on April 19, 1924,[2] the 11-story hotel and 10-story apartment building were constructed somewhat away fromdowntown Atlanta, in an area that became known as Midtown. Designed by theNew York firm ofSchultze and Weaver, the hotel was operated byBowman-Biltmore Hotels.[3][4]
The Atlanta Biltmore is easily distinguished by the towering radio masts on each end of the building, with vertical illuminated letters that spell out "BILTMORE". The studios on the top floor broadcastWSB-AM from 1925 until 1956. The large radio masts supported the transmitting antenna of WSB-AM from 1925 to 1929, when output power was increased to 5,000 watts, and a suburban transmitter site was built in East Lake.[5]
In 1967, the Atlanta Biltmore was sold toSheraton Hotels and became theSheraton-Biltmore Hotel. Sheraton spent $5 million on renovations and operated the hotel until 1979, when they sold it to Biltmore Hospitality Partners,[2] which renamed the hotel theAtlanta Biltmore. Both buildings were listed on theNational Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1980.[6] The hotel closed in 1982 and was sold in 1984 to Renaissance Investment Corporation,[2] which planned to convert both the smaller apartment tower and the enormous hotel tower to condominiums. They completed work on the apartment tower, but then went bankrupt in 1986 and had to sell the entire property. The newly renovated apartment tower was opened as theBiltmore Suites Hotel while the main building remained vacant for many years.
The complex was sold to Novare Group in January 1998,[7] who gutted and transformed the main hotel building into office space, reopening it in 1999. Due to extensive renovations over the years, there were only two remaining historic public rooms, the ballroom and dining room on the main floor. They were fully restored and are used as public function rooms, known as The Biltmore Ballrooms. The adjoining Biltmore Suites Hotel was closed in 1998 and converted to condominiums known asBiltmore House, which opened in 1999.[8]
On June 13, 2016,[7] The Biltmore was purchased from Novare by theGeorgia Institute of Technology.[9]
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