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The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia.An elegant Classical Revival mansion with Beaux Arts influences, it was the home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon (1858-1927), a rags-to-riches success story who was born into slavery, but went on to become Atlanta's first black millionaire as founder and head of the Atlanta ...
Herndon was born on July 15, 1897, in Atlanta, Georgia.He was the son and only child of millionaire African-American businessman Alonzo Franklin Herndon (June 26, 1858 – July 21, 1927) and Adrienne McNeil Herndon (July 22, 1869 - April 6, 1910) (born Elizabeth A. Stephens), a well-known actress and professor of dramatics and elocution at Atlanta University.
Eric and Michael Fuko-Rizzo purchased Hillside in September, 2016, in a foreclosure sale. [7] [8] After the house was cleared of Cowart's possessions in late 2016, the Fuko-Rizzos refurbished the interior and grounds over 2017 with the assistance of Preservation Greensboro, landscape architect Chip Callaway [7] [9] and the University of North ...
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Sally Jessy Raphael's home for sale The three-story, 43-room, 17-bedroom, nine-bath (plus four powder rooms) mansion sits on the crest of Quaker Hill, at the end of a gated drive, where a porte ...
The commission was given to McKim, Mead, and White in 1898, and the New York branch of Jules Allard and Sons were engaged as interior decorators. Construction started in 1899, but the sharp winter slowed construction; Mrs. Oelrichs' sister had married William K. Vanderbilt II that winter season, and the house was required for parties in the following Newport season; the eager Mrs. Oelrichs ...
The 12,600-square-foot (1,170 m 2) 1921 house with its 8+ bedrooms and 7+ bathrooms was on sale in 2009 for $3.4 million. [2] Its carriage house (built later in 1941) at 10914 Greendale was also up for sale. [3] It is located on Lake Steilacoom. According to the broker's website, it was built in memory of Edward Rhodes, "who served and paid the ...