J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building

The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is a 14-story highrise at the corner of Broad and Marietta streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown Atlanta, which houses the business school of Georgia State University. When completed in 1901 as the Empire Building, it was the first steel-frame structure and the tallest in the city, until surpassed by the Candler Building in 1906.[6][7]

J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Empire Building in the early 1900s
Location in Downtown Atlanta
Former names
  • Bank of America Building
  • Nationsbank Building
  • Citizens & Southern National Bank Building
  • Atlanta Trust Company Building
  • Empire Building
General information
TypeUniversity
Commercial offices
Location35 Broad Street NW
corner of Marietta Street
Fairlie-Poplar district
Georgia State University
Downtown Atlanta
Georgia
Coordinates33.75523°N 84.38997°W / 33.75523; -84.38997
Completed1901
OwnerGeorgia State University (Georgia State Government)
Technical details
Floor count14
Design and construction
ArchitectBruce & Morgan
Hentz, Reid, Adler & Shutze (remodel)
Citizen's and Southern Bank Building
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
Neo-Renaissance
NRHP reference No.77000426
Significant dates
Designated 1977
Designated ALBJune 4, 1992
References
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Citizen's and Southern Bank Building
Location35 Broad St., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33.75523°N 84.38997°W / 33.75523; -84.38997
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
ArchitectMorgan & Dillon; Hentz, Adler & Shutze
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.77000426[5]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1977
Designated ALBJune 4, 1992

Morgan & Dillon and Hentz, Adler & Shutze were architects. In 1972, while named the Citizens & Southern National Bank Building, the structure was added to the National Register of Historical Places.[4]

The ground floor houses a full-service Bank of America branch. NationsBank purchased Citizens & Southern National Bank in 1991, and after later acquiring BankAmerica Corp., it, along with its branches, was renamed Bank of America.

The building doubled as the Illinois First Federal Savings & Loan association building in the 2016 film The Founder, a biopic of Ray Kroc starring Michael Keaton.[8]

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