▁F ors yth ▁and ▁Fair lie . ▁P urch ased ▁from ▁the ▁U . S . ▁federal ▁government ▁by ▁Atlanta ▁mayor ▁Robert ▁M add ox ▁for ▁$ 7 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁this ▁impos ing ▁structure ▁served ▁as ▁city ▁hall ▁for ▁nearly ▁twenty ▁years . ▁It ▁was ▁so ▁solid ly ▁built ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁company ▁h ired ▁to ▁ra ze ▁ ▁it ▁actually ▁went ▁out ▁of ▁business ▁before ▁comple ting ▁the ▁job . ▁ ▁Current ▁building ▁The ▁current ▁city ▁hall , ▁designed ▁by ▁G . ▁Lloyd ▁Pre acher , ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁Loc ated ▁in ▁South ▁Dow nt own ▁at ▁ 6 8 ▁Mitchell ▁Street ▁SW , ▁the ▁building ▁occup ies ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁that ▁General ▁William ▁T ec um seh ▁Sh erman ▁took ▁as ▁the ▁headquarters ▁of ▁his ▁occupation ▁after ▁his ▁Atlanta ▁Camp aign ▁and ▁before ▁his ▁March ▁to ▁the ▁Sea ▁( Se pt . – Nov ., ▁ 1 8 6 4 ). ▁ ▁The ▁house ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁buildings ▁in ▁Atlanta ▁that ▁Sh erman ▁did ▁not ▁destroy . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁it ▁belonged ▁to ▁Richard ▁F . ▁Lyon , ▁an ▁associate ▁justice ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁Georgia . ▁ ▁This ▁building ▁is ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁An ▁an nex ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁and ▁the ▁building ▁ ▁was ▁designated ▁a ▁“ land mark ▁building ▁exterior ” ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 3 ▁of ▁that ▁year