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Office in Augusta, Georgia
Lamar Building
The Lamar Building on Broad Street in Downtown Augusta.
General information
Type
Office
Location
753 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia
Completed
1918
Owner
Pace Burt
Height
Roof
238 ft (72.5 m)
Technical details
Floor count
17
Lifts/elevators
3
Design and construction
Architect(s)
I.M. Pei & Partners; G. Lloyd Preacher; William Lee Stoddart
The Lamar Building is a 17-story skyscraper in Augusta, Georgia. It was scheduled to be completed in 1916, but the Augusta Fire of 1916 forced crews to demolish the building and restart. It was finally completed in 1918. A penthouse level was added in 1976, designed by I. M. Pei. In July 2011, the architectural critic James Howard Kunstler labeled it his "Eyesore of the Month", saying the addition is reminiscent of a Darth Vader helmet.[2]
Pei's addition presaged the glass pyramid he designed for The Louvre in Paris.[3]
The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Fire insurance maps indicate a height of 165' (50 m) to the top of the roof at the 16th floor, just beneath the penthouse addition.
It has been the tallest building in Augusta ever since it was built. The Marion Building stands next to the Lamar Building and has been called its "sister building".[4]
The Lamar Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^James Howard Kunstler, Eyesore of the Month Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, July 2011
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