1600 Peachtree Street NW
Date: 1956
Completed in 1956, this building served for many years as the headquarters for the Retail Credit Company. The Retail Credit Company, which was founded in Atlanta in 1898 by 2 Chattanooga transplants, brothers Cator and Guy Woolford, had its original offices on Decatur Street in downtown Atlanta. Later, they built a (still standing) headquarters in the Fairlie-Poplar district in the heart of downtown Atlanta. In 1979, the Retail Credit Co. changed its name to Equifax and is today one of the world's largest consumer credit reporting agencies.
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TOP PHOTO COURTESY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPT, PULLEN LIBRARY, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
The former Retail Credit building is now part of the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art & Design.
Date: 02/25/07
