The Susan Building, previously known as the Susan Medical Center, is located at 1127 West Hancock Avenue (Tax Parcel No. 12-2-B4-E-001).
 
 

This two-story, frame building is asymmetrical as a result of an original extension on the east elevation. The shingle-covered structure is capped by a side-gabled roof of fairly shallow pitch, while the overall styling is restrained, slightly referencing the Federal style of the early-nineteenth century. A graceful gabled entry porch and a front door framed by an elliptical fanlight and flanking sidelights, provide the only ornamentation. A large screened porch occupies the ground level of the east extension. The center hall divides the building's interior into two halves with a central staircase.

Construction of this building and the subsequent opening of a medical facility resulted from an ambitious fundraising effort by "Athens Clubs," comprised of black former Athens residents living in large metropolitan areas. In 1946 Dr. Andrew Jones founded the Susan Medical Center in this building named after his grandmother. He directed the operation of the facility, Athens's first black maternity hospital, until his death in 1952. Dr. Donarell R. Green, co-founder of the Northeast Georgia Medical Association, purchased the center in 1953, oversaw its operation until 1964, and continued his private practice within the building until the mid-1970s. Attorneys Thurmond, Thurmond, Miller and Rucker leased the property in 1980 and later restored the building.

The Susan Building is locally designated as a Historic Landmark (February 2, 1988).