Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church located at 48 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The current church building was completed in 1873 and is the oldest church in Atlanta, as well as one of the oldest standing buildings in the city. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The church in 2006, with the Atlanta City Hall in the background
A copy of The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial hung behind the altar in the parish's first church building.
The cornerstone of the church was dedicated on September 1, 1869.
A Georgia historical marker erected near the church in 1981
William Henry Parkins was an American architect best known for his work in Atlanta during the late 1800s.
Parkins, c. 1885
The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
The original Kimball House