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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).
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 ...
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.
"The Potter House" by George N. Barnard published as plate 38 in his 1866 photograph album Views of Sherman's Campaign (MET_1970.525). The Ponder brothers were four siblings, William G. Ponder, Ephraim G. Ponder, James Ponder, and John G. Ponder, who worked as interstate slave traders in the United States prior to the American Civil War, trafficking people between Maryland, Virginia, Georgia ...
West Midtown is directly west of Midtown Atlanta, hence that name.The name for the area is a matter of debate. [4] The name "West Midtown" is used by the neighbors' association in Home Park, the largest constituent neighborhood, [5] the West Midtown Business Association, [6] and Westside Provisions, a privately run commercial district. [7]
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.