Presented by the Buidings Worth Saving
Committee of the Atlanta Preservation Center:

2003 List of Endangered Buildings:

Hanson Motor Car Company, 1917-1919
Address: 1066 Murphy Avenue, SW
Owner/Contacts: Marathon Investment Corp., Dan West, agent, (404) 367-0661 
Threat: Property has been fire-damaged and is threatened by city demolition.

The Hanson Motor Car Company, organized by George M. Hanson, was the home of the “The Hanson Six", the first automobile manufactured in Atlanta. In 1917 the company not only opened its brick factory, designed by W.C. Powell, but also introduced its “assembled car” at the Southeastern Automobile Show. 

By 1919 the car was in such demand that plans were underway to expand the factory, which included two small two-story square buildings with distinctive gables, three long factory wings and a central factory building. The car’s success was short-lived however due to competition from the large manufacturers; the plant shut down in 1925.

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