The Old Print Shop

View of Public Square, Atlanta, Ga.

  • ARTIST: Nathan Abbott

  • MEDIUM: Printed in color and finished by hand.

    DATE: 1864.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 7/8 x 21 1/8" (32.7 x 53.6 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Lith. of Henry C. Eno, 37 Park Row, N.Y.; Lieut. N. B. Abbott, 20th C.Y. Del. Title continues with: "The City of Atlanta was occupied the 2nd of Sept. 1864, by 20th Army Corps, Major Genl. Slocum, commanding - and was afterwards strongly fortified by the Corps." Intersection of Washington and Mitchell Streets. Churches are Second Baptist and Central Presbyterian. From the Atlanta Preservation Center, about the house which served as Sherman's HQ "Looking north on Washington Street, the home of Georgia State Supreme Court Judge Richard F. Lyon stands at the corner of Mitchell Street opposite Atlanta’s city hall [current site of the Georgia State Capitol]. Some of the city’s finest residences were reserved for personal use by Sherman’s staff and officers while many lesser, abandoned homes where dismantled and the lumber used to build cabins for Union troops. Built in 1859 by John Neal, the Lyon residence served as Sherman’s own headquarters. Following the war, Lyon was forced to sell the house at auction when it was reacquired by John Neal. Never used as a residence again, it later served at various times as Oglethorpe College, Boys’ High School, and Girls’ High School. The building was demolished in 1928 to make way for the current city hall."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, original color.

  • REFERENCE: Stokes 1864-G-66; Deak, 792

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