Majestic Hotel (Atlanta)

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The Majestic Hotel was built in 1898 and located at 195 Peachtree Street NW in Atlanta, between Ellis St. and Cain St. (now Andrew Young Int'l. Blvd.). It was a major addition to the city's hotel capacity at its completion in the 1890s. It cost between $80,000 and $100,000 to build,[https://books.google.com/books?id=EUgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106 Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City, Volume 2, Thomas H. Martin, pp. 106-107] and was the first brick and steel fireproof construction in the city.[https://archive.today/20130131170341/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/544453182.html?dids=544453182:544453182&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+05,+1908&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=MAJESTIC+HOTEL+BEING+IMPROVED&pqatl=google "MAJESTIC HOTEL BEING IMPROVED: Jesse N. Couch, Its New Manager, Most Popular Young Man", Atlanta Constitution, Jan 5, 1908, p. C7] A 1902 guidebook describes the Majestic as one of three chief first-class hotels in the city, together with the Kimball House and the Hotel Aragon. In 1927 the hotel was razed to make way for a two-story commercial structure.[https://archive.today/20130131180531/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/855821062.html?dids=855821062:855821062&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+08,+1927&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=STORES+TO+REPLACE+MAJESTIC+HOTEL&pqatl=google "STORES TO REPLACE MAJESTIC HOTEL: Eight-Story Structure To Be Demolished to Make Way for Commercial Building",Atlanta Constitution, Jun 8, 1927, p.1] The site is part of the location of today's 191 Peachtree Tower.