The total amount expended in new buildings, dwellings, additions and alterations in the last five years is as follows: The construction of office and public buildings in Atlanta in the last ten years is one of the most important features of the development and growth of the city. The demands of the city for office accommodations have been far reaching and despite the fact that many great and magnificent structures have been erected and others are in course of construction the end of this growth is not in sight. Practically all of the great office buildings have been erected since 1890. At that time the city had not a single structure which its people would now call a modern office building. Now it has many complete up to date fire-proof office buildings which far surpass anything south of Philadelphia. It is a fact that even such great cities as Baltimore, Washington and Louisville have not within their borders such splendid office buildings as Atlanta has. The Equitable building was the first of the great structures erected in which much of Atlanta's business is now carried on. It cost a much larger sum of money than the similar buildings that have been erected since for the reason that when it was built all material and labor was higher than at this time, or during the past five or six years, when most of the office buildings were erected. The following table shows the names of the big office buildings erected in the past ten years, and the cost of each as shown by the building inspector's books, but these figures show in some cases only the original contract prices, without including the furnishings or elevators and other things which run the actual cost far higher : The Federal prison which is under course of construction near Atlanta by the government will cost, when completed, about $1,500,000. This will be the largest federal prison in the country. ATLANTA'S HOTELS Atlanta's hotel capacity has been increased since 1890 by the erection of the Aragon hotel at a cost of $250,000; the Majestic hotel at a cost of $100,000, the conversion of the Jackson building and the Fitten building into hotels, the erection of the Bon Air, Marion hotel, Farlinger apartment house and many other splendid structures and large boarding houses, not to omit the palatial Piedmont hotel, now under construction at the corner of Peachtree and Luckie streets, which will be one of Atlanta's high grade hostelries. Not counting the Piedmont hotel, probably half a million dollars has been spent in building and furnishing new and old apartment houses, including the extensive improvements made by the Kimball house last year. NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS Since 1890 the following public buildings have been erected: Courthouse annex Fulton county jail $ 100,000 Carnegie library Grand opera house. Total 175,000 120,000 200,000 $ 595,000 FACTORIES AND PLANTS Among the big factories and plants which have been erected in and near Atlanta in recent years are the following: The Frank E. Block factory, cost $55,000. The Charles A. Conklin plant, costing $24,000. The George W. Scott cotton mill at Scottdale, $200,000. The Swift fertilizer plant, cost $350,000. The Whittier cotton mills, cost $250,000. The Elizabeth cotton mills, cost $200,000. The Piedmont cotton mills, cost $100,000. And many others of equal size and great importance to the city and county. THE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS Table showing all buildings erected since 1895 costing over $10,000: W. D. Grant store, Central avenue and Hunter street. 10,000 Atlanta Woolen mills.. 30,000 Annex to Maddox building.... 13,100 S. M. Inman, Nelson street and Madison ave. factory 10,000 J. W. Rucker estate, Alabama, near Forsyth.. 35,000 Georgia Railroad and Banking Co., addition to depot. 10,000 The above figures only show the actual building that has taken place inside the city limits for the past five years. They do not include any of the vast sums that have been expended in the construction of factories and other business buildings outside the city's limits, nor the cost of the many handsome residences that |
