J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building

The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building is a 14-story highrise at the corner of Broad and Marietta streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of downtown Atlanta, which houses the business school of Georgia State University. When completed in 1901 as the Empire Building, it was the first steel-frame structure and the tallest in the city, until surpassed by the Candler Building in 1906.^[6][7]

J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Empire Building in the early 1900s
Location in Downtown Atlanta
Former names	Bank of America Building Nationsbank Building Citizens & Southern National Bank Building Atlanta Trust Company Building Empire Building
General information
Type	University Commercial offices
Location	35 Broad Street NW corner of Marietta Street Fairlie-Poplar district Georgia State University Downtown Atlanta Georgia
Coordinates	33.75523°N 84.38997°W / 33.75523; -84.38997
Completed	1901
Owner	Georgia State University (Georgia State Government)
Technical details
Floor count	14
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bruce & Morgan Hentz, Reid, Adler & Shutze (remodel)
Citizen's and Southern Bank Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Atlanta Landmark Building
Location	35 Broad St., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33.75523°N 84.38997°W / 33.75523; -84.38997
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architect	Morgan & Dillon; Hentz, Adler & Shutze
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
Part of	Fairlie–Poplar Historic District (ID82002416)
NRHP reference No.	77000426[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1977
Designated CP	September 9, 1982
Designated ALB	June 4, 1992
References
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Morgan & Dillon and Hentz, Adler & Shutze were architects. In 1972, while named the Citizens & Southern National Bank Building, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

The ground floor houses a full-service Bank of America branch. NationsBank purchased Citizens & Southern National Bank in 1991, and after later acquiring BankAmerica Corp., it, along with its branches, was renamed Bank of America.

The building doubled as the Illinois First Federal Savings & Loan association building in the 2016 film The Founder, a biopic of Ray Kroc starring Michael Keaton and as a bank in the opening robbery scene in the 2025 film The Naked Gun starting Liam Nelson^[8]

See also

• Citizens & Southern National Bank
• J. Mack Robinson College of Business