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The building is also known as Pythagoras Masonic Temple and occasionally known as Decatur Masonic Temple. Built in 1924, the building is a work of William J. Sayward (1875-1945), an architect who was a member of the Masonic lodge, and who partnered with William A. Edwards in the firm Edwards and Sayward.
Musical performers providing concerts at the hotel included Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, Patti Smith, and Bruce Springsteen. The 1974 film Cockfighter, starring Warren Oates, features some scenes that were shot at the Georgian Terrace. [13] By 1981, revenues were in steady decline and the hotel closed its doors for the first time in its 70-year ...
Other roads in the community include the cul-de-sacs branching off Forkner Drive- Old Decatur Circle, 218 Glendale and Regency 222. The neighboring roads of Mountain View Street, Oak Lane, Hillcrest Avenue, and Springdale Street are considered a part of Glennwood Estates or the Decatur Heights area.
November 6, 1987 (Roughly bounded by Water, Clark, Troupe, West, Broughton, & Crawford Sts. Bainbridge: 3: Bainbridge Residential Historic District
It had a four-story open-air lobby filed with plants, flowers, and a 12-foot-diameter (3.7 m) fountain. [1] The house also boasted gas-light chandeliers, a central heating plant, a laundry, billiard hall, and 500 hotel rooms. [1] It also had sixteen stores. It was the first building in Atlanta to have elevators and central heating.
Edward C. Peters House Krispy Kreme bakery and shop Ponce City Market Clermont Hotel and Clermont Lounge Briarcliff Hotel St. John's Chrysostom Melkite Church along in Druid Hills, Atlanta, 2012, formerly the mansion of Asa Griggs Candler (Senior) Rainbow Terrace, home of Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz Leide at 1610 Ponce de Leon Ave., 1922 East Ponce de Leon Ave. in downtown Decatur
The hotel was also notable for its Peachtree Ballroom, which was the largest in Atlanta when it opened, seating 3,500 people. [14] It has since been surpassed by the Georgia International Convention Center, which lays claim to having the largest ballroom in the state of Georgia. [15] Westin Peachtree, center, background, Atlanta skyline
This City of Decatur park is east of the CSX railroad tracks, behind the former Westchester Elementary School. The park is located between Chelsea Heights and Westchester Hills. The City of Decatur also purchased a vacant parcel containing a stream and trail that adjoins this park, and falls between N. Parkwood Rd. & Westchester Hills Dr. in ...