Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

This article is about the shrine in Atlanta, Georgia. For the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., see Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Location	48 Martin Luther King, Jr. St., SW, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°45′1″N 84°23′22″W / 33.75028°N 84.38944°W / 33.75028; -84.38944Coordinates: 33°45′1″N 84°23′22″W / 33.75028°N 84.38944°W / 33.75028; -84.38944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Architectural style	Other, Gothic Revival, Commissioners' Gothic
NRHP Reference #	76000630^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the second oldest structure in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Designed by local architect Wiiliam 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.^[2] It replaced a frame structure on the same site that was famously saved from the burning of the city in 1864.^[3]

Notes

↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ King, Spencer, "A Yankee Who Served the South", Atlanta Historical Bulletin, June 1969, p.12
↑ King, Spencer, "A Yankee Who Served the South", Atlanta Historical Bulletin, June 1969, p.25

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