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Georgia Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 1)

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Albany Insurance Mart
Albany, GA
This Progressive Insurance office was built in 1969 as the Banks Haley Gallery. The building housed the Albany Museum of Art later on. For more, see this website. [map]

former Lamar Lewis Shoe Store
Athens, GA
This Lamar Lewis Shoe Store opened in 1929. The concrete, relief panel slipcover is from the 1950s or 1960s. Plastic letters spelling out "Lamar Lewis Shoes" were still on top of the panels in 2017. I believe the store closed around then. In 2018, the building was renovated for Tweed Recording. For more, see this website. [map]

former Peachtree
Plaza Hotel
Atlanta, GA		 European Cleaners
Atlanta, GA
The Peachtree Plaza Hotel was designed by John Portman and opened in 1976. At 73 stories, it is one of the tallest all-hotel buildings in the world. Around 1981, it became the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

This European Cleaners building was built in 1968. I don't know what the original tenant was but it has housed a European Cleaners since 1984. By 2022, the cleaners had closed and the building was being renovated. [map]

Yaarab Temple
Atlanta, GA
This Yaarab Temple was designed by Abraham Thomas Bradbury and built in 1965 with Moorish details and domes. The Yaarab Shriners Temple was previously located in what is now the Fox Theatre. For more, see this website. [map]

More Atlanta:
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
Hyatt Regency's Polaris Restaurant [map]
Milk Jug stores [gone]
Omni Coliseum [gone]

former Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
Augusta, GA
The Augusta-Richmond County Public Library was designed by Eve & Staub and opened in 1960. The building now houses office space. For more, see this website. [map]

former Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Augusta, GA
This Sears, Roebuck & Co. department store was built in 1959. In 1990, the building was purchased by the Medical College of Georgia. The building now houses Augusta University Annex medical offices. [map]

More Augusta:
Jeff Maxwell Branch Library

parking garage
Columbus, GA
I believe this parking garage was built in 1968. [map]

Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Decatur, GA
The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center was designed by Gregson & Associates and built in 1966. [map]

Doraville:
former Oogleblook

Elberton County Health Center
Elberton, GA
The Elberton County Health Center was built in 1950. It has been vacant since at least 2013. [map]

Hazlehurst:
Wainwright-Parlor Funeral Home

Jekyll Island Fishing Pier
Jekyll Island, GA

The Jekyll Island Fishing Pier was built in 1969. [map]