1970

1970

Concert promoter Alex Cooley’s famed Electric Ballroom opens in the Georgian Terrace, hosting headliners including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, the Pretenders, and Billy Joel.
1946

1946

Walt Disney stays at the hotel when his movie, Song of the South, premieres at the Fox Theatre.
1939

1939

The premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta brings the movie’s director and nearly all of its stars to the Georgian Terrace for a gala premiere party.
1918

1918

Arthur Murray starts teaching dance lessons in the ballroom while he’s a student at Georgia Tech. This marks the first time he begins teaching under his own name.
1911

1911

With the debut of the Georgian Terrace, Atlanta gets a grand hotel worthy of its emerging status as the epicenter of Southern culture. F. Scott Fitzgerald and President Calvin Coolidge are among the notable guests taking in the new hotel’s grand interiors, including...