VA Hospital as Decatur Landmark
From the March 2009 issue of the Decatur Dispatch...
Coca Cola millionaire Walter Candler had a racetrack for his horses here, but that all changed drastically in 1966 when the ultra-modern, high rise Veterans Administration Hospital was built at 1670 Clairmont Road. Rising 14 stories, with glitteringly glazed white and blue bricks and a huge, white scalloped entrance portico, this hospital remains a wonderful example of 1960s modernism in function as well as style. Read more
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