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The ruins of Akers Mill. Akers Mill was located on Rottenwood Creek near Vinings.Located within the modern Cumberland/Galleria area, Akers Mill Road runs west from Powers Ferry Road at Interstate 285, immediately north of the Chattahoochee River, then turns south on Cumberland Boulevard, then departs west again after one "block", crossing Interstate 75 and then Cobb Parkway, and forming the ...
Howell Interlocking Historic District is the area in West Midtown, Atlanta where four railroad lines converge. [ 2 ] It is adjacent to the Marietta Street Artery neighborhood, an area rich in industrial history, as an original industrial district built along Atlanta's first railway line (1837).
Roughly bounded by Bellemeade Rd., Northside Dr., Atlanta Waterworks and Howell Mill Rd. 33°48′00″N 84°24′47″W / 33.8°N 84.413056°W / 33.8; -84.413056 ( Berkeley Park Historic
1840 Tulie Smith House (Moved to Atlanta) on the site of the Atlanta Historical Society; 1857 Judge William Wilson House 501 Fairburn Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30310; 1857 Hammonds House Museum in West End; 1860 Cascade Mansion, home of Dr. William F. Poole, 1530 Dodson Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30311, 1868 George Washington Collier home – 1649 Lady ...
Blandtown is a neighborhood of the West Midtown area of Atlanta, Georgia.It is located along either side of Huff Road from Howell Mill Road west to Marietta Blvd. [1] It was one of the first black settlements around Atlanta after the Civil War, named for a Black man who owned property.
From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
While the mill itself was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the surrounding neighborhood went into a steep decline following the mill closure. Street scene in Cabbagetown. Accompanying the initialization of Atlanta's intown renaissance in the early 1990s, Cabbagetown underwent tremendous growth. As with many other east ...
By 1872 the Atlanta Constitution called it "a considerable little town outside the corporate limits of Atlanta" which had two grocery stores. [1] Blooming Hill is commemorated by a sculpture at the Hyatt Midtown hotel. [4] During this period 10th Street was also known as Bleckley Avenue. [5] By 1883 the area was rechristened "North Atlanta". [6]