Alexander W. Farlinger
AlexanderW. Farlinger (1861-1925) was a grocery store owner, businessman, and councilman in Atlanta, Georgia. He built the four-story Eclectic Victorian Farlinger Apartments building designed by George W. Laine in 1898. It became a Hotel Francis. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981[1] and demolished in 1988. Councilman.[2]
Born in Canada, he arrived in Atlanta about 1885. He opened a grocery store. He served as president of the National Retail Grocers Association.[1][3][4] The Farlinger building housed his grocery store on the ground floor and a cafe on the fourth floor. It was then in the city's northern suburbs but commercial development grew around it in the early 20th century.[1] In 1910, the president of Atlanta Fertilizer Works, William H. McKenzie, bought the building for $125,000 and renamed it The Franceis for his wife.[5] In 1930 it became a hotel.[1]
Farlinger was active in politics. He advocated for construction of the Spring Street Viaduct and for Oglethorpe University to locate in the city. He served on its Board of Founders. He was a city councilman from 1912 to 1915.[1]
He served as Secretary for the Atlanta Theological Seminary's Board of Trustees.[6] He was active in the Congregational Church.[7] He was a party in a real estate lawsuit.[8][9]
He spoke in support of pure food laws.[10]
As councilmen, he and Claude Ashley were leaders for a Ku Klux Klan inspired 1915 rally at Grace Methodist Church in support of racial segregation in housing.[11]
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- ^ Georgia, Digital Library of. "Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, June 08, 1916, Home Edition, Image 6" – via gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Association, Florida Medical (June 27, 1905). "Transactions". Florida Medical Association. – via Google Books.
- ^ Commerce, United States Congress Senate Committee on Interstate (June 27, 1905). "Regulation of Railway Rates". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ Kelley, Collin (June 9, 2013). "A Look Back: This month in history". Rough Draft Atlanta.
- ^ Association, American Missionary (June 27, 1905). "Proceedings..." – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Congregational Year-book". Congregational Publishing Society. June 27, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Southeastern Reporter". West Publishing Company. June 27, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ States, National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United (June 27, 1910). "Addresses, Reports, Statements of Benevolent Societies, Constitution, Minutes, Roll of Delegates, Etc. of the ... Session". The Council – via Google Books.
- ^ Health, Indiana State Board of (June 27, 1905). "Annual Report". State Board of Health. – via Google Books.
- ^ Lands, LeeAnn (August 15, 2011). The Culture of Property: Race, Class, and Housing Landscapes in Atlanta, 1880-1950. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-4223-8 – via Google Books.
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