Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 76000630 | Built 1869 Added to NRHP December 12, 1976 | |
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Location 48 Martin Luther King, Jr. St., SW, Atlanta, Georgia Architectural style Other, Gothic Revival, Commissioners' Gothic | ||
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the second oldest structure in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Designed by local architect William H. Parkins, the cornerstone was laid September 1, 1869 by poet Abram Joseph Ryan. It was completed and dedicated in 1873 and is still in use. It replaced a frame structure on the same site that was famously saved from the burning of the city in 1864.
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