Candler Building
Standing 17 stories high, the Candler Building, sheathed in snow-white Amicolola marble from north Georgia, is one of Atlanta's most luxurious high rise buildings. Its luxuriousness is well-exhibited on the exterior of the building, which in a manner typical of the era in which it was built, is divided into three distinct parts: a two-story base, a twelve-story shaft, and a three-story capital with large overhanging cornice.
The building was constructed between 1904 - 1906 by Coca Cola Magnate and former Atlanta Mayor Asa Griggs Candler. Built on property originally owned by the First Methodist Church, the site of the Candler Building was once the location of Atlanta's old Wesley Chapel, "a primitive structure of roughly hewn logs," the first public house of worship erected in the city. At the turn of the century, the lot was acquired by the Candler Investment Company. You will find more details about the Candler Building on the Interactive Map.
CANDLER HOTEL: In 2016, the building's owner entered into a licensing agreement with Hilton and in November of 2019 it re-opened as the Candler Hotel Atlanta. In the hotel's lobby, two-time James Beard Award-winning chef Hugh Acheson has opened By George, a French-inspired restaurant named after the building's architects, George E. Murphy and George Stewart.
FUN FACT: On May 1, 1889, Asa Candler published a full-page ad in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as "sole proprietors of Coca-Cola ... Delicious. Refreshing. Exhilarating. Invigorating." Sole ownership (which Mr. Candler did not actually achieve until 1891) cost him a total of $2,300. [Source: Coca Cola Company]
The building was constructed between 1904 - 1906 by Coca Cola Magnate and former Atlanta Mayor Asa Griggs Candler. Built on property originally owned by the First Methodist Church, the site of the Candler Building was once the location of Atlanta's old Wesley Chapel, "a primitive structure of roughly hewn logs," the first public house of worship erected in the city. At the turn of the century, the lot was acquired by the Candler Investment Company. You will find more details about the Candler Building on the Interactive Map.
CANDLER HOTEL: In 2016, the building's owner entered into a licensing agreement with Hilton and in November of 2019 it re-opened as the Candler Hotel Atlanta. In the hotel's lobby, two-time James Beard Award-winning chef Hugh Acheson has opened By George, a French-inspired restaurant named after the building's architects, George E. Murphy and George Stewart.
FUN FACT: On May 1, 1889, Asa Candler published a full-page ad in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as "sole proprietors of Coca-Cola ... Delicious. Refreshing. Exhilarating. Invigorating." Sole ownership (which Mr. Candler did not actually achieve until 1891) cost him a total of $2,300. [Source: Coca Cola Company]