It is a high-rise office tower very similar to dozens of other city halls built in the United States during the same time period.

Located in South Downtown, it is near other governmental structures, such as the Georgia State Capitol and the Fulton County Courthouse.

In 1911, the city hall moved to what once the U.S. Post Office and Customs House, located on the north side of Marietta Street between Forsyth and Fairlie.

Purchased from the U.S. federal government by Atlanta mayor Robert Maddox for $70,000 (equivalent to $2.4 million in 2024), this imposing structure served as city hall for nearly twenty years.

Located in South Downtown at 68 Mitchell Street SW, the building occupies the site of the house that General William Tecumseh Sherman took as the headquarters of his occupation after his Atlanta Campaign and before his March to the Sea (Sept.–Nov., 1864).