Herndon Building

Infobox_nrhp | name =Herndon Building, Sweet Auburn Historic District
nrhp_type = cp

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caption = July 1979 HABS picture, taken from third floor of Odd Fellows Building
location= 251 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Georgia
locmapin = Georgia
area =
built =1925
architect=
architecture=
added = December 08, 1976 (district)
governing_body = Local
refnum=76000631 (district)cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Herndon Building was a contributing property in the Sweet Auburn Historic District of Atlanta, Georgia. coord|33.7553|-84.3799|display=title

Begun in 1924 and completed the following year, it was a three-story L-shaped brick building, "easily recognized by the large H located on the front facade of the building".citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/00000261.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Herndon Home] |32 KB|date=November, 1999 |author=Frank J. J. Miele, John Sprinkle, and Patti Henry |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/00000261.pdf "Accompanying 6 photos, of Herndon and family and of exterior and interior of mansion, from c.1910, c. 1915, 1998"] |32 KB] It was used as a professional building by several different businessmen and women, including a doctor's office and a pharmacy.

Vacant and collapsing (shown on Google Maps and Street View), it was already fit for condemnation when it was seriously damaged in the 2008 Atlanta tornado (which also passed very close to the Herndon Home). It was demolished in late April 2008 as a direct result of this.cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/04/20/herndon_0421.html
title=Landmark a victim of tornado |author=Jim Auchmutey |date=2008-04-21| accessdate=2008-04-24|work= |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Currently, the Butler Street YMCA, which owns the property (and is located to the southwest of it just across Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, formerly Butler Street), has no plans for the site.

The Herndon Building was one of three contributing properties in the historic district which were associated with the life of Alonzo Herndon. The Atlanta Life Insurance Company (try Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building) and the Rucker Building are the other two.

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* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ga/ga0200/ga0208/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_E6ne::&title2=Herndon%20%26%20Atlantic%20Life%20Building,%20229-243%20Auburn%20Avenue,%20Atlanta,%20Fulton%20County,%20GA&displayType=1 Herndon Building pictures at HABS]