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The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post).
The architecture of Atlanta is marked by a confluence of classical, modernist, post-modernist, and contemporary architectural styles. Due to the Battle of Atlanta and the subsequent fire in 1864, the city's architecture retains almost no traces of its Antebellum past. Instead, Atlanta's status as a largely post-modern American city is reflected ...
1868 Jeremiah S. Gilbert House – 2238 Perkerson Rd. SW, Perkerson, SW Atlanta. 1869 Georgia Railroad Freight Depot – 65 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. SW (Underground Atlanta) – oldest existing building in Downtown Atlanta; oldest building that was within the Atlanta city limits when it was built. 1869 Gaines Hall (Morris Brown College ...
Lemuel P. Grant Mansion. Coordinates: 33.740597°N 84.376856°W. Front of the Grant Mansion. Lemuel P. Grant. The Lemuel P. Grant Mansion is a historic house located on St. Paul Avenue between Broyles and Grant streets in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta. It is one of only three antebellum houses in the city of Atlanta still standing in ...
Barrington Hall is one classic example of an antebellum home.. Antebellum architecture (from Antebellum South, Latin for "pre-war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War. [1]
The Twelve Oaks mansion. Built in 1836, The Twelve Oaks in Covington, Georgia is over 11,000 square feet. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is considered by many to be one of the best examples of antebellum architecture in the south. It has been featured in numerous publications and books and, since opening as a bed ...
The Trout House was one of three hotels in antebellum Atlanta, Georgia, along with the Atlanta Hotel and Washington Hall. It was built in 1849 by Jeremiah F. Trout. [ 1 ] It was a four-story brick building at the southwest corner of Decatur and Pryor Streets, facing the union depot and State Square. [ 2 ]
July 14, 2004. Meadow Nook is an antebellum house in Atlanta, Georgia. It is located at 2420 Alston Drive in the East Lake neighborhood, in DeKalb County. It is one of only three antebellum homes still standing in their original locations within the city limits. Meadow Nook was the country home of Lt. Col. Robert Augustus Alston (1832–1879 ...