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 Historic Sites 

Andrews-Dunn House 2801 Andrews Dr., NW Prior to 1910, this house belonged to Wesley Collier and Sarah Hicks, daughter of Henry Irby, founder of Buckhead.

 

Brookhaven Historic District The area surrounding Capital City Country Club and roughly enclosed by Peachtree Rd. and Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd. This early 20th century suburb, planned as a golf course/country club community, is the oldest such community in Georgia. The curvilinear street plan, naturalistic landscaping, and architecture are representative of styles popular from the 1910s to the outbreak of World War II.

 

Brookwood Hills District The area enclosed by and closely surrounding Peachtree St., Huntington Rd., and Brighton Rd. Enfamin and Arthur Burdett developed this limited-access, enclave-type subdivision with curvilinear streets and park-like landscaping in the style of Frederick Law Olmstead in the 1920s for the upper middle class.

 

Canton Apartments 2840-2846 Peachtree Rd. Built in the 1920's in the English Renaissance style, as opposed to the more common Garden Apartment/Courtyard style, it and other nearby apartments served as a buffer between nearby mansions and the increasing commercialization of Peachtree Rd.

 

Garden Hills Historic District The area bordered on three sides by Delmont Dr., Brentwood Dr., and Peachtree Rd. This early 20th century suburban development, with its curvilinear streets set into the natural topography, architect-designed homes, schools, clubhouse, church, small commercial strip, and apartment buildings, is divided into three sections (Peachtree-Beverly Hills, Country Club, and Brentwood).

 

Mrs. George Arthur Howell, Jr. House 400 W. Paces Ferry Rd. This Neo-Classical Revival home, designed by the Atlanta architectural fi rm of Cooper & Cooper, was built in 1932 on what were then the outskirts of Atlanta.

 

William and Ruth Knight Lustron House 1976 Northside Dr. Erected in May 1949 as the original Lustron dealer demonstration home for the Atlanta area franchise, this house is an excellent and intact example of post World War II prefabricated housing, popular at the time due to the housing shortage after the war.

 

The Knox Apartments, Cauthorn House, and Peachtree Road Apartments Historic District 2214-2230 Peachtree Rd., NE This district, with its three historic apartment buildings, one historic home, mature trees, front gate, fence, retaining wall, and pond, is now considered a single complex and is known as Peachtree Commons.

 

Peachtree Heights Historic District The area enclosed by Peachtree Rd., Habersham, and Wesley Rd. This district has residential architecture of exceptional quality set within the landscape design of the architectural fi rm Carrero & Hastings. The landscaping was designed around the natural drainage patterns and native vegetation of the area.

 

Peachtree Highlands Historic District The area bordered on three sides by E. Paces Ferry Rd., Piedmont Rd., and Highland Dr. This streetcar/automobile suburb, designed for the lower-middle class in the 1920s- 1930s, provides numerous examples of vernacular housing of the time, which was infl uenced by the Craftsman, English Cottage, and Colonial Revival styles.

 

Peachtree Southern Railway Station (Brookwood Station) 1688 Peachtree St., NW This suburban passenger station was opened under the regulation of the U.S. Railroad Administration on March 17, 1918, primarily to accommodate passengers of the "Birmingham Special."

 

Randolph-Lucas House 2494 Peachtree Rd. Built after the turn of the century, this red brick Georgian style residence is based on the design of the period Georgian estate where Hollins Randolph was born.

 

Spotswood Hall 575 Argonne Dr. Built in 1913, this house was one of the fi rst built on the old farm land along Peachtree Rd., W. Paces Ferry Rd., and Arden Rd. (Old Howell Mill Rd.). Prominent owners were Shelby Smith, Fulton County Commissioner (1911-1912), and Lucian Lamar Knight, who gave it its name (1918-1930).

 

Swan House (at the Atlanta History Center) 3099 Andrews Dr., NW Built in 1928 for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hamilton Inman, this home is an excellent example of luxurious living, personal taste, and interior decoration from this era, as well as of the residential design and landscaping of Philip Trammell Shutze.

 

Albert E. Thornton House 105 W. Paces Ferry Rd. Albert E. Thornton, grandson of General Alfred Austell, one of Atlanta's pioneers, built this stucco, Regency Revival style home designed by the architect Philip Trammell Shutze.

 

Henry B. Tompkins House 125 W. Wesley Rd., NW This early 20th century house and its landscaped gardens illustrate the careful attention to proportions, details, and siting of Atlanta architect Neel Reid.

 

Trygveson 3418 Pinestream Rd., NW The interior of this Italian Baroque villa showcases many Baroque ornaments, including an Allyn Cox mural. The name "Trygveson" comes from the Welsh version of the last name of Mary Guy Trigg, wife of Andrew Calhoun, the original owner.

 

Tullie Smith House (at the Atlanta History Center) 3136 Slaton Dr., NW This circa 1840 plantation-plain type house and its detached kitchen, moved to this site from DeKalb county in 1969, is typical of the farmhouses common in the Georgia Piedmont in the 19th century.

 

Villa Lamar 801 W. Paces Ferry Rd. This fine example of the Italian Renaissance style, built in 1911-1912, with its marble, mosaic tile, tile roof, and Palladian style entrance loggia, is signifi cant as the only known work in Georgia of the nationally-known architect George O. Totten, Jr.

 

Stuart Witham House 2922 Andrews Dr., NW This Neo-Georgian style house, built in 1926, is one of the latter designs of Neel Reid, the principal designer for the Atlanta firm of Hentz, Reid, & Adler.

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Source: Buckhead Coalition Guidebook 2010. The entire content of the Buckhead Guidebook can be purchased in magazine format for $5 (plus $3 S&H) from the Buckhead Coalition, Inc. Tower Place, 3340 Peachtree Rd., Suite 560, 30326. Guidebook information is updated each January.