Fire heavily damaged the Kodak building and the former site of the LGBTQ bar Atlanta Eagle on Thursday evening. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials got a call about 8 p.m. of a fire at the two historic buildings at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Argonne avenues in Midtown.

Ponce De Leon Avenue stands as one of Atlanta’s most culturally significant streets. It served as a line of demarcation during segregation and evolved...