Flowercraft
Chamblee, GA |
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The Flowercraft florist shop appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s.
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Georgia Welcome Center
Sylvania, GA |
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This Georgia Welcome Center is located at the GA/SC stateline on US 301. The was Georgia's first Welcome Center and was built in 1962. This was before I-95 was built. The Center gets few visitors now and the building is endangered. For more, see this website.
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Valley Floor Covering
Columbus, GA |
Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Decatur, GA |
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Valley Floor Covering occupies this 1960s-looking building. Does anyone know what the original tenant was and when this was built?
The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center was probably built in the 1960s. For more, see this website.
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Marietta Post Office
Marietta, GA |
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This Marietta Post Office appears to be from the 1960s.
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City Hall
Adel, GA |
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The Adel City Hall was designed by Blake Ellis and built in 1961.
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Callaway Gardens
Pine Mountain, GA |
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Callaway Gardens opened in 1959. The top two rows show the Dining Pavilion, aka the Beach Pavilion, which was built at that time. The bottom left photo shows the shuffleboard courts which are next to the Pavilion. I assume they were built at the same time. The bottom right photo shows the grandstand pavilion which is just across the lake from the Dining Pavilion. Grandstand seating is installed there for specators to watch the Waterski & Wakeboard Tournament which has been an annual event since 1959.
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Georgia Mental Health Institute
Atlanta, GA |
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The Georgia Mental Health Institute was designed by Abraham Thomas Bradbury and built from 1962-1963. The building is now used as Emory University's Briarcliff Campus. For more, see this website.
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Sprong
Atlanta, GA |
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Cafe 101
Doraville, GA |
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Sprong, a children's shoe store, occupied the building when this photo was taken in 2006. By 2008, the occupant was Deka Athletics. For more, see this website.
Cafe 101 is a pizzeria. I believe before this, the building was used by a sub shop. [first photo, ca. 1987, thanks Eavenson Art]
These two buildings must have been part of a mid-century chain. Does anyone know what they were used for originally? I believe they may have been part of a bank branch chain which included the similar-looking Trust Company Bank in Atlanta. They also look somewhat like the Phoenix Financial Center rotundas in Phoenix, AZ. If there are other buildings like this, I'd sure like to know about them.
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