The Building started its life as a book binding factory, designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown and his associate Alfredo Barili Jr. This would be the same association that would design the US Post Office (now the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building) and the Fulton County Courthouse. A. Ten Eyck Brown would go on to be one of the most prolific architects in Atlanta in the 20th century, designing primarily public structures like the Sweet Auburn Curb Market and many other civic buildings.