Photo: Related names: Edbrooke, Willoughby J., architect Burnham, Franklin P., architect Miles and Horn, builder Farrisee, Anne, historian Barrickman, Janet, historian · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Capitol · Atlanta, United States
Georgia State CapitolSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1884–89
- Declared purpose
- Seat of the Georgia General Assembly
- Today
- Survives, still the capitol
- Build time
- About 5 years (1884–89)
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Edbrooke & Burnham, architects: about when credited (1884, born ). Build time on record: about 5 years (1884–89).All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A domed capitol finished about 25 years after the 1864 burning of Atlanta.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A gold-domed capitol finished in 1889 in a city the record says had been burned in 1864. It went up six years before the Atlanta fair.
Why researchers flag it
A domed capitol finished about 25 years after the 1864 burning of Atlanta.
Burned, then a palace
Atlanta burned in 1864. Within about 25 years it had a domed capitol, and in 1895 a world's fair.
Gold leaf from Dahlonega
The dome was later gilded with gold from north Georgia. Gilded domes recur on capitols across the country.
Questions worth asking
- Who had the workforce and materials in a city still rebuilding?
Possible original uses
- Capitol or civic palace
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
