John C. Peck
John C. Peck (October 6, 1828 – unknown) was a businessman and building contractor from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Peck is known for constructing some of Atlanta's most notable early buildings including the Kimball House hotels.{{cite book |last=Shingleton |first=Royce |url=https://archive.org/details/richardpeterscha0000shin |title=Richard Peters:Champion of the New South |publisher=Mercer University Press |year=1985 |isbn=0-86554-126-4 |author-link=Royce Shingleton |url-access=registration}} He was also the Chief of the Department of Construction for the 1881 International Cotton Exposition under Director-General Hannibal Kimball.{{cite news |title=ATLANTA'S COTTON EXHIBITION.; FLATTERING ASSURANCES OF SUCCESS--DETAILS OF THE ENTERPRISE|work=New York Times|pages=5|date=May 12, 1881|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02EEDA133CEE3ABC4A52DFB366838A699FDE|access-date=2008-11-26}}
Early life
Peck was born on October 6, 1828, in Ellsworth, Connecticut, the son of George W. Peck and his wife Hannah.{{cite book|title=A Gossip about a Country Parish of the Hills and Its People: Ellsworth, Litchfield County, Connecticut|first=Giles Frederick|last=Goodenough|publisher=Times Press|year=1900|pages=106}} He was the fourth of seven children. He married Josephine Hoyt in 1853.
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