Palmer House Apartments

The Palmer House Apartments of Atlanta, Georgia is a historical apartment complex that was built in 1907. It was then turned into the Phelan Court Apartments in 1915. The architects on the design team included Gottfried Norrman, John Faulkner, Hentz, and Reid. Philip Trammel Shutze worked on the apartments to update them as the Phelan Apartments. In 1992, the apartment complex was added to the landmark building exterior list. The apartments reside at 81 Peachtree Place and 952 Peachtree Street.

The Palmer House Apartments were actually two separate buildings that are now considered two units. The original address was 790 Peachtree Street and 14 Peachtree Place. The apartments were built by the Phelan Family and have remained under their ownership since.

The two buildings have distinct architecture. The Palmer House is brick with balconies, large windows, and A frame gables with some rounded structuring. It is not a completely rectangular or square structure. Instead the rounded structure leads from rectangles to the square front of the door. It is a highly symmetrical building. The building was part of the revitalization efforts of Atlanta after the war to create a place where people would want to live and work.