Type Hotel Opened 1903 Demolished 1963 Architect Willis F. Denny | Country USA Town or city Atlanta Renovated 1928 | |
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Address Peachtree at Luckie streets Similar Five Points Plaza, Carnegie Education Pavilion, Atlanta Cabana Motel, Equitable Building, Park Avenue Condominiums | ||
The Piedmont Hotel was a hotel which took up the block between Peachtree, Luckie, Forsyth and Broad streets in Atlanta, Georgia. The hotel opened with a gala celebration on January 15, 1903. It was built on the site of the homesteads of Atlanta pioneers William Ezzard and Dr. James F. Alexander]. It was Atlanta's first "New York" or Northern-style hotel. It entertained Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. It was the favorite hotel of visiting opera stars until the opening of the Georgian Terrace in Midtown.
Map of Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
The architect was Willis F. Denny, who had also designed Rhodes Hall and the Kriegshaber House on Moreland Avenue, now the Wrecking Bar Brewpub. The hotel was renovated in 1928-9 and demolished in 1963. Most of the site is now occupied by the Equitable Building at 100 Peachtree St. NE and a plaza in front of the building.