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Housing for the poor in early 20th century Atlanta: Tanyard Bottom a.k.a. Tech Flats, site of Centennial Place today. The movement to construct public housing in Atlanta began during the early 1930s. Charles Palmer, a conservative real estate developer, became concerned with the threat to property values posed by shantytowns so close to ...
City of Atlanta designated landmark and historic buildings and sites Building/Site Name Street Address Date Designated Designation Type Also on NRHP? Academy of Medicine: 875 West Peachtree St., N.W. 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes Andrews-Dunn House 2801 Andrews Dr., NW 1992-12-2 Landmark Atlanta City Hall: 68 Mitchell St., SE 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes
In December 2001, the Atlanta Preservation Center purchased the house for $109,000; the house at the time scheduled to be demolished to build two new homes. The center moved its headquarters there in February 2002. In 2006 it completed the stabilization of the mansion's walls and in 2007 purchased an adjoining lot.
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The Gilbert House is described as significant as the home of one of Atlanta's earliest families, a rare example of fieldstone, mortar, and wood construction, and as a rare existing example of an Atlanta farmhouse. [2] After renovation in 1984, it was opened as a Cultural Arts Center operated by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. [2]
The Margaret Mitchell House is a historic house museum located in Atlanta, Georgia. The structure was the home of author Margaret Mitchell in the early 20th century. It is located in Midtown, at 979 Crescent Avenue. Constructed by Cornelius J. Sheehan as a single-family residence in a then-fashionable section of residential Peachtree Street ...
Joel Chandler Harris House, also known as The Wren's Nest or Snap Bean Farm, is a Queen Anne style house at 1050 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd. (formerly Gordon Street.), SW. [3] [2] in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1870, it was home to Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and author of the Uncle Remus Tales, from 1881 until his ...
Goodwin House. The Solomon Goodwin House was located at 3931 Peachtree Road in Brookhaven, Georgia, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Atlanta city limits. Dating back to 1831, it was the oldest building still standing in DeKalb County, Georgia and the oldest building "Inside the Perimeter". The home once headed up a 600-acre (240 ha) farm. [2]