TheConnally Building is located at 54Peachtree Street (corner of Alabama Street) inDowntown Atlanta, adjacent to theUnderground Atlanta retail center. It is a work of architectWilliam Lee Stoddart, completed in 1916.[1] The building has been so extensively renovated that it bears little resemblance to the original design, other than the terra cotta façade on the lower stories. This was originally a six-story office building with aterracotta facade, which replaced an earlier Connally Building on the site.[2] In 1990, eleven stories were added[1] and it was converted into a hotel. It has operated under the names Howard Johnson Plaza Suites, University Place at Underground, The Suite Hotel at the Underground, and most recently it became aFairfield Inn & Suites.[3]
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