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9 DRUID HILLS (G-12) Buckhead (E-7) Average sales price (2010): $531,695 Average sales price (2010): $760,987 Druid Hills dates from 1905 and is one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods. The area was designed In 1837, Henry Irby purchased 203 acres in what is now the center of Buckhead for by Frederick Law Olmstead, who also created in New York City. Olmstead planned Druid Hills with winding, tree-lined streets and small parks, the most famous being Ponce de Leon $650. He opened a tavern and grocery store at the northwest corner of Roswell Road Park, a picturesque string of parks along . The neighborhood contains some and West Paces Ferry Road that became a stopping place for travelers in the sparsely of Atlanta’s most historic mansions designed by such notable architects as Walter T. Downing and populated wilderness. Before long, the community that grew around Irby’s store became .6 In fact, one such home was featured in the Academy Award-winning film Driving Miss 2 known as Irbyville. At some point in the mid-1800s, the head of a large deer was put on Daisy (1989). The community is anchored by Emory University, Emory University Hospital, and a post not far from the tavern, and from then on, the area became known as Buckhead. the internationally recognized Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Druid Hills By the early 20th century, Buckhead had become a posh suburb of Atlanta, where many is also home to the Fernbank Museum of National History, and the of the city’s wealthiest people resided. The area was annexed into the city of Atlanta in Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. 1952, and as early as the 1960’s, Fortune magazine described it as “the top encampment of business executives in the Southeast,” and that remains true today. Sometimes called EAST COBB (Marietta and Roswell) (C-2) “the Beverly Hills of the East,” Buckhead is home to one-of-a-kind estates, an abundance Average sales price (2010): $399,501 East Cobb draws families who seek a suburban lifestyle with relatively low property taxes and of trees, the Southeast’s finest shopping and restaurants, and some of the nation’s best excellent public schools, which are among the top 10% in the state including three of the state’s private schools. Some of the neighborhoods within Buckhead are Tuxedo Park, Garden top 10 highest achieving high schools. East Cobb is also renowned for its competitive youth sports Hills, Haynes Manor, , and Chastain Park. leagues. The area’s upscale shopping includes The Avenue at East Cobb.

ANSLEY PARK (F-11) MIDTOWN (E-12) Average sales price (2010): $943,534 Average sales price (2010): $468,247 Development of Ansley Park began in 1904 when a group of businessmen led by Edwin P. Ansley Midtown was once a mostly commercial and business district but in recent years has become home 3 purchased a large plot of land north of the city, creating Atlanta’s first northern suburb. Today, to trendy families as well as individuals who are downsizing from larger homes. New Midtown Ansley Park is no longer a suburb but an oasis of grand homes and green spaces set against residents are drawn to the area’s many new high rise condominiums as well as dining and nightlife the backdrop of modern skyscrapers in nearby Midtown. The neighborhood is revered for the options, some of the best and most cosmopolitan in the city. Midtown is also a huge cultural architectural significance of its homes and inspired land plan, which incorporates wide parkways draw as the area is home to the , , The Fox Theatre and majestic parks (Winn and McClatchey). Ansley Park is home to Ansley Golf Club (1912), and Piedmont Park. Efforts are currently underway to create The Midtown Mile along Peachtree which has been ranked among the top nine-hole courses in the United States by Sports Illustrated Street, a stretch of retail shops that is intended to rival those along Michigan Avenue in Chicago. magazine.4 Many Ansley Park residents are also members of the nearby Piedmont Driving Club (1887), one of the most prestigious private country clubs in the Southeast. MORNINGSIDE / V.A. HIGHLANDS (G-11) Average sales price (2010): $583,920 BROOKHAVEN (G-7) Morningside was first developed in 1923 following the success of the Virginia Highland Average sales price (2010): $760,987 neighborhood to the south.7 Development of Virginia Highland began two decades earlier than Brookhaven was developed in 1911 by the Mechanical and Manufacturers Club, who hired Long Morningside when the Atlanta Streetway Rail Company extended a trolley line to the area from Island golf pro Herbert H. Barker to design a nine-hole course on the property. A year later, Five Points in downtown Atlanta.8 In fact, both neighborhoods were developed with the streetcar the Brookhaven Country Club opened as Atlanta’s second golf course (after East Lake in 1906). in mind. Morningside shares many similarities with Virginia Highland, including a preponderance Atlanta’s Capital City Club purchased the Brookhaven Club in 1915 and expanded the golf course of Tudor and bungalow style homes, small parks, and mini villages with restaurants and boutique from nine to 18 holes. The clubhouse was finished in 1928. The clubhouse and the community are shops. The shopping and bars in Virginia Highlands are decidedly more eclectic than Morningside, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the community is a National Historic which has a popular farmer’s market and a 30-acre nature preserve. District. Many homes were designed by well-known Atlanta architects of the period including Neel Reid and Hal Hentz.5 Today, many Brookhaven residents choose to live in Brookhaven because of VININGS (B-7) its country club lifestyle and proximity to Atlanta’s finest shopping, including . Average sales price (2009): $475,518 Vinings is named for an engineer who came to the area on behalf of Western & Atlantic Railroad in the 1830s to build a railroad bridge over the Chattahoochee River.9 The community is known for its charming, Victorian-inspired village with boutique shops, fine restaurants and coffee 1 The Buckhead Coalition (www.buckhead.net) houses. Vinings residents are attracted to the area by low Cobb County property taxes, proximity 2 Buckhead Is...(www.buckheadis.com) to Buckhead, the private schools there and the community’s overall small town feel. 3 Ansley Park Civic Association (www.ansleypark.org) 4 Ansley Golf Club (www.ansleygolfclub.org) 7 Morningside/Lenox Park Association (www.mlpa.org) 5 Neighborhood Association (www.historicbrookhaven.org) 8 Virginia Highland Civic Association (www.vahi.org) 6 (www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/dru.htm) 9 Vinings Historic Preservation Society (www.vinings.org) 10 Buckhead

11 Buckhead is home to one-of-a-kind estates, an Average Sales Price: $760,987 abundance of trees, the Southeast’s finest shopping Country Clubs: and restaurants, and some of the nation’s •Cherokee Town and Country Club: The Cherokee Town and Country Club was private schools chartered in 1956 with six hundred initial members. best The Town Club is located in the historic Grant Estate on West Paces Ferry, and the Country Club accessories, mantels, home theater products, and is located near the Chattahoochee River in Sandy Parks: floor and wall coverings.”7 Springs. In 1997 Cherokee was called “the very best •Chastain Park: At 268 acres, Chastain Park is private country club.” The Town Club underwent the largest park in Atlanta. It offers a tennis center, •Bennett Street Design District: Bennett Street a major expansion in 2008/2009, which added North Fulton Golf Course, Olympic-sized pool, began as a warehouse district, but in the mid-1970s 25,000 square feet to the existing building.¹ NYO Baseball Park, Chastain Park Arts and Craft art studios and galleries moved into the area. It Center, Stables and riding center and Chastain is now a vibrant art scene that also offers antique Hospitals: Park Ampatheater.5 shops and restaurants.8 •Piedmont Hospital: Piedmont Hospital is one of the oldest and most respected medical facilities Shopping: Coming Attraction: in Atlanta. Created in 1905, Piedmont is home •Phipps Plaza: Phipps Plaza is an upscale shopping •Streets of Buckhead: The Streets of Buckhad to world renowned physician and other specialists mall owned by Simon Property Group. It offers over is a $1.5 Billion development found near the who are dedicated to making a positive impact 100 high-end stores such as Theory, Tory Burch, intersection of Peachtree Road and West Paces Ferry on the health of not only their patients but also Saks Fifth Avenue, Jimmy Choo and Versace. It Road. Scheduled for completion in Fall 2011, this Atlanta residents through numerous community also has a full food court and 14-screen AMC movie project will become the largest and most upscale based services.² theater. 6 shopping center in the Southern United States.

Attractions: •: Lenox is across the street from •: The Atlanta History and the sister mall to Phipps Plaza. It was officially ______Center was founded in 1926 to help preserve dedicated in 1959 and was the first major shopping Atlanta’s rich history. It is located on over 33 acres mall in Georgia. More than 35 million people a 1. www.cherokeetcc.org 2. (404) 605-500: www.piedmonthospital.org in the middle of Buckhead and three of Atlanta’s year visit Lenox Square, many of them coming to 3. www.atlantahistorycenter.com see the Macy’s Christmas Tree, the 4th of July Fire most historic properties: Swan House, Tullie Smith 4. www.georgia.gov/00/photo_gallery Farm, and the House³ works, or to ride the Pink Pig. 5. www.chastaincentral.com/content/park.html 6. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phipps_Plaza •The Governor’s Mansion: The Governer’s •Atlanta Decorative Arts Center: ADAC is the 7. www.adacatlanta.com/index.html Mansion was built in 1967 in the Greek Revival- Southeast’s premier source for all things Design. 8. www.buckhead.net/bennettstreet Style designed by Thomas Bradbury. The home It is a Mecca for interior designers, architects, and is over 24,000 square feet and boasts 30 Doric builders. It has more than 80 showrooms and offers columns.⁴ There is an annual Easter Egg hunt, and “industry’s finest product lines including furniture, the home is open for tours on Tuesday, Wednesday fabric, kitchen, bath, fine art, antiques, lighting, and Thursdays during the week. 12 Chastain Park

13 Chastain is the largest and one of the most popular parks in Atlanta Average Sales Price: $874,174

The Chastain Park neighborhood is the area immediately surrounding the 268 acre park. It is the largest and one of the most popular parks in Atlanta, offering a wide array of sports facilities. The Path Foundation raised money and installed a sidewalk that •Chastain Horse Park: The stables were •Chastain Arts Center: The Chastain Arts goes around the entire park, which is extensively used built in 1945, and the center ring was one of Center has offered art classes and exhibits by walkers, joggers and runners. the largest and best facilities to show horses in for over 35 years. The classes are for all ages the state when it was built. Today the park is and skill levels, and there are four sessions a Attractions: owned and operated by Chastain Horse Park, year. The gallery shows the work of students, •The North Fulton Golf Course: This 18-hole course held the 1948 national Public Links Golf Tournament. Ltd. There is also a banquet facility that can be teachers and outside artists It was the first time the event had ever been held in the rented, which overlooks the horse ring South. This golf course also offers a clubhouse •National Youth Organization: NYO is a • Tennis Courts: There are 9 lighted tennis courts youth baseball/ football/ softball organization in the beautiful tennis facility, which has a brand headquartered in Chastain Park. There is also new tennis shop and viewing area completed in the a gymnasium for their basketball program summer of 2010. ALTA (Atlanta Lawn and Tennis Association) has teams that play out of this facility •Playground: There is a large playground in Chastain Park, just off of Dudley Lane. •Pool: There is an Olympic-size swimming pool. There is a lot of playground equipment for “The Chastain Park Tidal Waves” compete against all age groups. On Tuesdays between May other neighborhood swim teams and October, the playground offers “Chastain Chill,” where families can enjoy free music •Chastain Park Amphitheater: The Amphitheater was built into a natural bowl in the earth made of granite walls. It opened in 1944. Many Atlantans count going to see concerts there among their favorite summer activities. The concert facility headlines guests from Diana Ross to James Taylor

14 Midtown / Ansley Park 15 Average Sales Price: $943,534 the Shriners were forced to accept additional funding from movie mogul William Fox, thus losing out on the naming rights. While it Country Clubs: changed ownership several times throughout •Piedmont Driving Club: The Piedmont the great depression, the Fox survived and Driving Club was founded in 1887 and is one of emerged as the most famous movie house in the most prestigious private clubs in the South. Atlanta between the 1940s and 1960s. Today, PDC, as it is referred to in Atlanta, provides the nationally acclaimed theatre hosts a plethora outstanding athletic facilities to meet the desires of Broadway shows including Les Miserables, Today, Ansley Park of the membership for golf, tennis, swimming, The Rockettes, The Westside story, and The squash, and fitness activities.¹ Phantom of the Opera.5 is no longer a suburb •Ansley Golf Club: Ansley is another one of Parks: but an oasis of Atlanta’s first class private clubs. Founded in •Piedmont Park: Piedmont Park is Atlanta’s grand 1912, Ansley’s amenities include 27 holes of great most famous common space. Dating back to & green spaces golf, tennis courts, fine and casual dining, and 1887, Piedmont Park is not only one of the homes state of the art exercise facilities.² most beautiful places in Atlanta, but also one of set against the backdrop the most versatile areas that is home to various Attractions: fairs, festivals, biking and walking trails and •Woodruff Art Center along with the High entertainment options. of skyscrapers modern Museum of Art: These two icons truly are the heart and soul of Atlanta’s art culture. The Shopping: in nearby Midtown. Woodruff Art Center is the home of stunning •: Atlantic Station is Midtown performing and visual arts while the High Atlanta’s best shopping center. Completed in features exhibits from some of the best artists in 2005 on the site of the old Atlantic Steele Mill, the world. ³ Atlantic Station is home to Ikea, a state-of-the- art movie theatre, and countless other high end •The Margaret Mitchell House: Built in 1899, shops and restaurants. It is a popular weekend the Margaret Mitchell House offers tours of the destination for not only native Atlantans but home of Atlanta’s most famous author. The sight also residents throughout the state.6 where Gone With the Wind was written is now ______one of Atlanta’s most loved and visited historical landmarks.4 1. www.drivingclub.com 2. www.ansleygolfclub.org •The Fox Theatre: The Fox was built in the 3. www.woodruffcenter.org late 1920’s, and is an Atlanta landmark. It was 4. www. margaretmitchellhouse.com originally built as the Yaarab Temple Shrine 5. www.foxtheatre.org/foxhistory.aspx Mosque, (and still holds that style of architecture 6. www.atlanticstation.com today) but because of large construction costs

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17 Average Sales Price: $535,876 Garden Hills Park: This park is the neighborhood •playground located right by the In 1925 Phillips Campbell McDuffie began to neighborhood pool develop Garden Hills, which today is located between Peachtree and Piedmont Roads, and East Attractions: Wesley and Pharr Road on the South and North. •The Garden Hills Pool is the heart of the It offers the best of intown living while still feeling neighborhood. Families gather there in the like a small community. Four parks are sprinkled summer, and many of the neighborhood Garden Hills throughout the historic neighborhood, which children are on the “Cool Sharks” swim team boasts an array of architectural styles ranging from that competes with other neighborhood swim offers the best of Craftsman to Georgian to Tudor, making Garden teams. It is located at East Wesley Road and Hills one of the most sought-after neighborhoods Pinetree Drive. There is also a rustic clubhouse intown living while in the city that looks like a log cabin where the Garden Hills Neighborhood Civic Association holds still feeling like a Parks: their meetings as well as neighborhood parties. •Sunnybrook Park: Sunnybrook Park is a Garden Hills is a true neighborhood in every small community wooded area with a stream and stone bridges. sense of the word where children can also walk The Garden Hills Women’s Club made the park to neighborhood schools in 1934

•Alexander Park: Alexander Park is a wooded area named after Aaron Alexander, who owned the land in the 1800s. It is across the street from the Garden Hills pool

•Frankie Allen Park: Located on Pharr Road, Frankie Allen Park offers sports complexes such as baseball diamonds, tennis courts and picnic areas

18 Brookhaven

19 Average Sales Price: $760,987 •Peachtree Dekalb Airport: PDK opened in World War II as Naval Air Station Atlanta. Between 1957 and 1959 it Country Clubs: was converted to civilian use. Today it is a general aviation •Capital City Club: Capital City was founded in airport that services many private planes.³ 1883 and is “one of the most prestigious social clubs in America.” The club is comprised of three Parks: facilities. The City Club is located in downtown •Ashford Park: Three acre park offering basketball, tennis Atlanta, and offers fine dining and beautiful event and playground.4 halls. The Country Club is located in Brookhaven. It underwent a major renovation in 2008/2009 •Blackburn Park: 49-acrea park offering tennis, basketball which added more fitness facilities, outdoor courts, soccer fields, trails and picnic tables.4 dining areas and a completely renovated Tom Fazio designed golf course. Capital City’s third facility, •Brookhaven Park: Nine-acre park offering sports courts, the Crabapple Golf Course, was built in 2002. picnic tables, playgrounds and trails.4 Located in Woodstock, this course, also designed by Many Brookhaven Fazio, hosted the American Express Championship •Keswick Park: 45-acre park on the edge of Brookhaven.4 in 2003.¹ residents choose to live •Murphey : 135-acre park offering lake, Attractions: pool, football and baseball.4 in Brookhaven •Theater at Oglethorpe University: The Theater at Oglethorpe University is home to Georgia Shopping: because of its country Shakespeare Theater, which puts on numerous Phipps Plaza, Lenox Mall (See Buckhead) productions throughout the year. club & lifestyle ______•Oglethorpe University Museum of Art: The proximity to Oglethorpe University Museum of Art offers 1. www.capitalcityclub.org 2. www.museum.oglethorpe.edu exhibitions such as Salvador Dali and Maurice Atlanta’s 3. www.pdkairport.org/ finest Utrillo. They also offer art camps and workshops 4. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookhaven,_Georgia throughout the year, as well as a lecture series.² shopping.

20 Druid Hills 21 Average Sales Price: $531,695 •Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Callanwolde is a non-profit community arts center that offers Country Clubs: workshops and classes in visual, literary and •: Established in 1912, performing arts. As a facility it hosts several art Druid Hills has long offered the full array of services exhibits along with serving as a popular place for expected in today's modern private club. A weddings and other gatherings.4 membership with Druid Hills provides first class golf, tennis, swimming, dining, and exercise facilities. Parks: Located just over three miles away from downtown •Mason Mill Park: Mason Mill Park is not as well Atlanta, Druid Hills Golf Club is set in a wooded known as others around Atlanta, but none the less it dates landscape that includes five linear parks designed is beautiful and a popular destination for dog lovers. Druid Hills by world famous landscape designer Frederick It is over a half-acre of land that is fenced in and the Law Olmsted. In order to become a member, it is perfect destination for people looking to have fun from 1905 necessary to receive an invitation from a current with their pets by their side. member and two additional members are required to & is one of endorse the nominee.¹ Shopping: •The Dekalb County Farmers Market:This farmers Atlanta’s Hospitals: market is one of the cultural hubs in Atlanta, and oldest •Emory University Hospital: Emory University features fresh organic food from around the world as neighborhoods. Hospital was recently named one of "America's well as local farms throughout the state.5 Best Hospitals" in the 2009-2010 issue of US News and World Report. Their practice specializes in •Decatur Square: The heart of down town Decatur, the care of the acutely ill adult, and the hospital is Decatur square is a lovely town quad with an arts staffed entirely of the faculty from Emory School vibe. It is filled with specialty shops, restaurants and of Medicine. It is renowned as one of the nation's cafés, and is the perfect getaway for an afternoon of leaders in cardiology and cardiac surgery, oncology, shopping. transplantation and the neurosciences.² ______Attractions: •Fernbank Museum of Natural History: Fernbank 1. www.dhgc.org/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp is one of Atlanta’s best museums. Featuring exhibits 2. www.emoryhealthcare.org for kids and adults, Fernbank also boasts an IMAX 3. www.fernbankmuseum.org 4. www.callanwolde.org theatre and summer camps for children.³ 5. www.dekalbfarmersmarket.com

22 East Cobb / Marietta 23 Average Sales Price: $399,501

•Sope Creek Nature Trails: These trails run through Country Clubs: East Cobb along Sope Creek. They can take you to •Atlanta Country Club: Atlanta Country Club is •Marietta Square: The square is lined with specialty several unique attractions in the area, including the home to one of the states best golf courses. Between shops, art galleries, restaurants, antique shops and remnants of an old Confederate paper mill from the 1967 and 1997 ACC hosted the "Atlanta Classic," the Theater on the Square. Glover Park, named after Civil War. a PGA Tour event that drew the best golfers in the Marietta’s first mayor John H. Glover, is located in the 4 world to Atlanta. Along with a truly spectacular square and hosts many festivals and events. •There are 18 parks in total in Marietta. One of the golf course, ACC offers wonderful tennis facilities, largest is Laurel Park, which offers 25 acres. a newly remodeled clubhouse that includes a weight •The Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum room, fine and casual dining and a family friendly Scarlett on the Square: The museum is home to Dr. Shopping: pool environment. ¹ Christopher Sullivan’s private collection of Gone With •The Avenue: The Avenue is East Cobb’s best shopping 4 The Wind items. location. It is an outdoor shopping community that •Indian Hills Country Club: Thomas G. Cousins is home to stores such as Banana Republic, William developed Indian Hills, and Joe Lee designed it. It •Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art: The museum is the Sonoma, Borders, and Jos. A. Bank.6 opened in 1969, and it is located in a residential only one in the metro area to focus on 19th and 20th community with 250 developed lots. ² century American art. It also offers lectures, art classes ______and cultural events. 4 hospitals: 1. www.atlantacountryclub.memberstatements.com There are four hospitals in the area, all with state-of Parks: 2. www.indianhillscc.com/AboutIHCC/AboutIHCC.aspx the art facilities. •Terrell Mill Park: A small but active park, Terrell Mill 3. www.mariettaga.gov/community/profile.aspx 4. www.mariettaga.gov/leisure/attractions.aspx offers picnic pavilions, a playground, 4 softball fields, 5. www.eastcobbpark.org/index •East Cobb Medial Center: Doctors at East Cobb Terrell Mill Tennis Center (8 courts), a concession 6. www.mariettaga.gov/community/parks.aspx Medical Center practice the full range of family building and a soccer field. medical care with the exception of obstetrics and pediatrics under the age of five.1 •East Cobb Park: East Cobb Park not only offers beautiful walking trails, picnic facilities, open fields and draws •Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: This 633 bed an outdoor classroom and stage, but also puts on free EastCobb facility offers emergency, outpatient and impatient movie nights throughout the summer. 5 families who seek services.2 •Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: a suburban •Children’s Healthcare of Cobb: Part of the A major Civil War battle took place at Kennesaw lifestyle Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, this medical center Mountain on June 27th, 1864. It was one of the many with public offers some of the best pediatric care in Marietta.3 that led to the burning of Atlanta. Today the park excellent offers 28,000 acres of land with many trails. schools, which are Attractions: •East Cobb Children’s Museum: This museum is among the top10% in a great family destination that gives children a hands on learning experience. With admission costing only the state. 5 dollars it is a great destination for a family outing. 24 VA. Highlad / Morningside

25 Average Sales Price: $583,920

Attractions: Parks: •Callanwolde Fine Arts Center: Callanwolde is •Morningside Nature Preserve: The Morningside a non profit community arts center that offers Nature Preserve is an area consisting of 30 acres of workshops and classes in visual, literary and land that is intended for leisure and educational performing arts. As a facility it hosts several art uses. It is a wonderful place to take in the beauty exhibits along with serving as a popular place for of Atlanta’s nature even though it is located very weddings and other gatherings.¹ close to down town Atlanta.

•The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Shopping: Museum: Part of the Presidential Library System, •Virginia and Highland Avenue: The the Library is a great place for field trips and intersection at Virginia and N Highland Avenue shares Morningside cultural outings. The Library holds archives is one of the most popular places in Atlanta. This beautiful walking community is full of unique many similarities (research facility) as well as a Museum with over half a million photographs.² boutiques and wonderful dining options, and with also the location of some of the best nightlife Virginia •Margaret Mitchell House: the Margaret Mitchell in the city. Along with the permanent charms , including House is operated by the Atlanta History Center of the area, Virginia Highland also host several Highland (See Buckhead). The house offers tours of the art festivals each year that draw Atlantans to the a preponderance of apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone warmth and charm of its community. With the Wind. There is also a Literary Center Tudor & bungalow that offers cultural programs.³ ______style homes, small •Morningside Farmers Market: Every Saturday of the year the Morningside Farmers Market sells 1. http://www.callanwolde.org , & mini local, all organic produce. The market is open 2. www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov parks villages 3. www.margaretmitchellhouse.com from 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM in the summer and 4. www.morningsidemarket.com with restaurants 8:00 AM to 11:30 PM in the winter. Another attraction to the market is the chef presentations & boutique shops. that begin at 9:30.⁴

26 Vinings

27 Average Sales Price: $475,518

Country Clubs: Shopping: •The Cochise Riverview Club: Cochise is a private •Cumberland Mall: Cumberland Mall is one of swim, tennis and meeting facility that is made up of the largest shopping centers in the state, and it is Vinings residents. minutes from the Vinings community. Cumberland features countless stores and newly added world-class Attractions: restaurants. It offers “a pedestrian friendly streetscape •The Vinings Jubilee: The Vinings Jubilee is the complete with fountains.” You can stroll along the commercial center of the Vinings community. The outside stores and restaurants, or go inside and enjoy a Victorian inspired shopping and dining center draws traditional mall shopping experience, with an excellent not only Vinings residents but also shoppers from all selection of stores. The newly revamped center also over Atlanta. The Jubilee represents all of the charm includes a COSTCO and COSTCO gas station.3 that is Vinings. ______•Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center: The Cobb Energy Performing Arts center houses the John A. 1. www.cobbenergycentre.com Williams Theatre, which has 27,500 seats. It can 2. www.cobbgalleria.com/about/factSheet.aspx accommodate Broadway shows, ballets, and even large corporate meetings.¹

•Cobb Galleria: The Cobb Galleria is a conference center with a ballroom. It is connected to the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. There are also a few shops on site as well as restaurants.²

Parks: residents are •Chattahoochee Nature Reserve: The nature reserve Vinings offers fishing, canoe entrance and make trails. attracted to the area by low Cobb County property taxes, proximity to Buckhead, the private schools there and the community’s overall small town feel.

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The area is home to perhaps the largest concentration of on horseback, Mr. King followed Indian trails to the Chattahoochee River near what is now Roswell. The vast forests and the rushing waters of Vickery Creek inspired him to construct top-performing public schools in the state - 31 in all. North Fulton and neighboring various mills, which were incorporated as The Roswell Manufacturing Company in 1838. Forsyth County to the north are also a golfer’s paradise, with more than two dozen public Mr. King offered homesites and investment opportunities to his friends and associates from and private golf courses. Many of those golf courses are within prestigious country clubs coastal Georgia, and a community was built. Mr. King’s associates constructed magnificent such as St. Ives, St. Marlo, and Country Club of the South. The area is also home to many homes along with cottages and apartments for mill workers, a general store, a church, and horse farms, with the Milton area retaining much of the county’s rural tradition. an educational academy for the children. Originally chartered in 1854 and part of Cobb County, Roswell was ceded to Fulton County to facilitate the merger of Milton County into ALPHARETTA (D-4) Fulton County in the 1930s.2 The mill operations remained active until 1975, when Roswell Average sales price (2010): $357,480 became popular as a bedroom community for Atlanta. Much of the town’s original charm Alpharetta traces its history to the time of the resettlement of the Cherokee Indian Nation in the remains within Historic Roswell which is home to boutique shops and upscale restaurants. 1830’s. Farmers and merchants who were the fortunate winners of land lotteries developed the first permanent settlement in the area known as New Prospect Campground. In 1858 the town SANDY SPRINGS (A-9) was chartered and became the seat of newly formed Milton County. The name Alpharetta comes Average sales price (2010): $501,110 from the Greek words “alpha” meaning first and “retta” meaning town. Over the next 75 years, Named for a spring that is still in existence today, the recently formed city of Sandy Springs Milton County lacked significant growth due to lack of railroad access and the onset of the Great (2005) is comprised of diverse neighborhoods, many with popular swim and tennis clubs. Depression in the early 1930’s. Milton County avoided bankruptcy by merging with Fulton County, Residential development began in earnest in the 1950s, and commercial development took and as a result, the first county roads were paved.1 Most of the Alpharetta you see today however off in the 1970s following the completion of I-285 (1969). In recent years, architects and is the result of the development of 2,950 acres for the Windward community beginning in the builders have flocked to the area to build mansions on the area’s sprawling lots. The city’s early 1980s. This master-planned community of approximately 2,400 homes features a 197-acre lake, main shopping district is located along Roswell Road between I-285 and Abernathy Road. sports complexes, an acclaimed golf course and a large office component, which is home to many public and private companies. SOUTH FORSYTH COUNTY (F-3) Average sales price (2010): $326,905 DUNWOODY (C-9) Forsyth County was created in 1832 from a partition of former Cherokee Indian lands, it Average sales price (2010): $428,327 was named for Virginia native John Forsyth, who was Governor of Georgia from 1827-1829 Located near upscale and the Perimeter Business District, which the Atlanta Business and Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The county Chronicle recently called “the city center of Atlanta,” Dunwoody began to take off in the 1970s is home to Lake Sidney Lanier, a reservoir created by the completion of the Buford Dam on following the completion of I-285. The construction of the Williamsburg–style Dunwoody Village the Chattahoochee River in 1956. The lake is named for 19th century musician and poet was the first of several upscale shopping areas in the south part of town. Today, the community is Sidney Lanier, a Macon, Georgia native who penned “The Song of the Chattahoochee.” In home to Dunwoody Country Club and Golf Course and is served by two of the highest achieving 2008, Forsyth County was named the 13th most wealthy county in the nation by Forbes. elementary schools in the state, Austin Elementary and Vanderlyn Elementary. A new school, com and the wealthiest in the state of Georgia, with much of the wealth concentrated in the Dunwoody Elementary, opened in 2009. southern part of the county. 3 The county consistently ranks as one of the fastest growing in the country as many new residents move to such upscale communities as Chattahoochee MILTON (C-2) River Club, Laurel Springs, Polo Golf and Country Club, St. Marlo Country Club, Wind- Average sales price (2010): $569,680 ermere, and Vickery. The town of Milton was created from an area of unincorporated Fulton County in 2006. Long renowned for horse farms and its bucolic rural countryside, the area has grown in recent years through the addition of upscale neighborhoods such as Alpharetta County Club, Trophy Club of Atlanta, and White Columns Country Club. Milton boasts excellent schools, many of them newly-constructed in just the last several years. Areas within the town of Milton include the quaint 2 Historic Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau (www.visitroswellga.com) historic district of Crabapple and the villages of Birmingham and Hopewell. 3 Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com) 1 City of Alpharetta (www.alpharetta.ga.us) based upon researchby Anne Rogers Ferguson 30 Dunwoody 31 Average Sales Price: $428,327

Country Clubs: Shopping: •Dunwoody Country Club: Dunwoody offers 18 •Perimeter Mall: Perimeter Mall is one of Dunwoody’s beautiful holes of golf, tennis courts, dining, pool most famous places. It consists of over 1.5 million square and exercise facilities.1 feet of shopping space which makes it the second largest mall in the state of Georgia. Although it was opened Hospitals: 1971, Perimeter Mall was renovated in 2000 and is one •Peachford Hospital: Opening in 1973, Peachford of Greater Atlanta’s best shopping centers.4 Hospital continues to be one of the premiere providers of mental health and chemical dependency •Dunwoody Village Shopping Center: Dunwoody treatment to Atlanta and the Southeast. This 246 Village is a Williamsburg-style upscale shopping bed facility specializes in all mental illnesses including center that is considered downtown Dunwoody. Built depression, addiction, and Alzheimer’s Disease.2 in the 1970’s, this architectural style influenced its surrounding areas and resulted in one of Dunwoody’s Attractions & Parks: most distinct features. •Dunwoody Nature Center: Located in the beautiful Dunwoody Park, the Dunwoody Nature Center is one of the local residents’ favorite places. This ______family friendly center offers nature classes, summer camps for 3rd – 6th grade students, Girl Scout and 1. www.dunwoodycc.org Cub Scout programs, and special events such as the 2. www.peachfordhospital.com 3 3. www.dunwoodynature.org Butterfly Festival and Monarchs & Margaritas party. 4. www.perimetermall.com •Brook Run Park : Playground, skate park, community gardens, theater, pavilions, dog park, home to many festivals •Windwood Hollow Park: Playground, public tennis courts, pavilion and walking trails the Atlanta Business Chronicle recently called Dunwoody “the city center of Atlanta."

32 Milton 33 Average Sales Price: $569,680

Country Clubs: Attractions: •Crabapple Crossroads: The Crabapple Crossroads is •Atlanta National Golf Course: In addition to a unique destination that combines a modern village the Club's celebrated Pete Dye golf course, Atlanta concept while incorporating various 100 year-old National offers world class amenities throughout historic buildings. The village offers fine and casual its elegant clubhouse that features casual and fine dining along with quaint boutiques and art galleries. dining facilities, including a full-service 19th Hole to relax after a challenging round of golf. Parks: •Bell Memorial Park:This family oriented park features •White Columns Country Club: White Columns four baseball fields, a pavilion and a playground. biggest draw is its beautiful 18 hole Tom Fazzio designed golf course. However, members also enjoy •Providence Park: Designated as a public park in 1971, the recently renovated clubhouse that offers a 2,000 this 45 acre facility surrounding Providence Lake offers square foot golf shop, dining facilities, men’s and a series of walking trails, an amphitheatre, picnic tables, women’s card rooms, and a state of the art fitness grills and various campgrounds. Providence Park is also facility. unique in that it offers one of the few outdoor rock climbing areas in the state. •Alpharetta Athletic Club: AAC prides itself on being a family oriented facility. Along with 36 holes Shopping: of golf (18 of which came with the recent purchase of •The Milton Farmers Market: Located at 13005 Crooked Creek Golf Club), this club offers a fitness Bethany Road, the Milton Farmers Market started in facility, pool, message therapy and an active tennis the Spring of 2009. They feature locally grown produce, program. hand sewn clothing, craftsman furniture, and other unique goods.

Milton is long renowned for horse farms & its bucolic rural countryside.

34 Alpharetta 35 Average Sales Price: $357,480

Country Clubs: Parks: •Golf Club of Georgia: Founded in 1990, the Golf •Willis Park: Willis Park is the most popular park in Club of Georgia is one of Georgia’s younger private North Fulton. The park consists of over 100 acres of clubs as it was founded in 1990, but that doesn’t stop land within the city limits of Alpharetta, and offers it from being one of the best. Offering 36 holes of swimming, equestrian, baseball, tennis, Frisbee golf, award-wining golf, the Golf Club of Georgia hosts dog park, playgrounds, walking trails, concerts, rodeos, several amateur competitions each year including dog shows, basketball courts, recreation center, and the the Georgia Cup and the United States Collegiate South’s famous “Taste of Alpharetta”.5 Championship.1 •Alpharetta North Park: North Park is another one •The Windward Lake Club: The Windward Lake of Alpharetta’s wonderful parks. It is home to lighted Club is a world-class swimming and tennis facility tennis courts, football field with synthetic turf, multi- with a marina that is located on beautiful Lake purpose field, eight lighted softball fields, two picnic Windward. The club provides its members with 20 pavilions, two playgrounds, adult activity center, arts tennis courts, an olympic size pool and access to one building, and walking trail. of Georgia’s nicest lakes.2 The name Alpharetta Shopping: Hospitals: •: North Point is Alpharetta’s best comes from the •Northside Hospital Alpharetta Medical Campus: shopping mall, and covers an area of over 1.3 million Affiliated with Northside Hospital, the Alpharetta square feet! It offers a newly-renovated food court and Greek words “alpha” campus offers comprehensive outpatient services and all the shops visitors could hope to find.6 3 community programming. ______meaning first & Attractions: “retta” meaning . •Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre: Georgia’s newest 1. www.golfclubofgeorgia.com town music venue built in 2008, this outdoor concert 2. www.windwardlakeclub.com 3. www.northside.com/locations/alpharetta.aspx environment has hosted some one the best musicians 4. www.vzwamp.com 4 in the world. 5. www.willspark.com 6. www.northpointmall.com •Windward Lake: This 195 acre private lake is the center of the Windward community, which was voted the best overall development in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

36 Roswell 37 Average Sales Price: $329,663

Country Clubs: Parks: •Cherokee Country Golf Course: See Buckhead. •The Roswell recreation and parks Department has 800 acres split into 18 different parks. There are a few parks Hospitals: along the Chattahoochee River.6 North Fulton Hospital: North Fulton Hospital offers: “a Level II Trama Center and a Joint Commission Certified •The Chattahoochee Nature Center is located in Primary Stroke Center.” It is a full-service hospital for Roswell. It is an environmental facility located on 127 North Georgia residents.¹ acres. They offer plant education and wildlife recovery and release.7 Attractions: •Archibald Smith Plantation Home: The home of Shopping: The Roswell Square: The Roswell Square is lined with Much of the town’s Archibald Smith, one of Roswell’s founders, was bought by the city of Roswell and turned into a museum in 1992. specialty stores, antique shops, art galleries and cafes. It is original The grounds offer: “a guest house, slave quarters, separate full of art, theater and cultural opportunities. charm kitchen facility, carriage house, barn and water well.” ² remains within •Bulloch Hall: A Greek Revival-style home built in 1. www.nfultonhospital.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx 1839. Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, mother of Theodore 2. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald Historic Roswell 3. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulloch_Hall which is home to Roosevelt, lived here as a child. It is open for tours seven 4. www.roswellgov.com/index.aspx?nid=211 days a week.³ 5. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_Of_War_Memorial boutique shops and 6. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell,_Georgia •Cultural Arts Center: The Cultural Arts Center 7. www.chattnaturecenter.org/history.html%7C upscale restaurants. offers a theater with 600 seats for either performances or meetings. There is a reception area and free parking. ⁴

•Faces of War Museum: A Vietnam war memorial, it is located “on the grounds of Roswell City Hall and was dedicated on January 1, 1998.” 5

38 Sandy Springs

39 Average Sales Price: $501,110

Hospitals: Attractions: •Northside Hospital: Open since 1970, Northside •The Sandy Springs branch of the Fulton County Hospital has more than 1,800 physicians and Library: In April 2004 there were 362,542 5,00 employees. It is a “not-for-profit, full-service registered cardholders for the library, and the community hospital.” Northside specializes collection includes more than 2,177,267 items.5 in woman’s services and surgery. Northside’s specialitists perform the most surgeries in Georgia, and it ranked first for number of babies delivered Parks: among community hospitals.¹ According to the Sandy Springs Newcomers Guide, there are 12 City of Sandy Springs Parks. There •Children’s Health Care of Atlanta at Scottish are four additional national parks in Sandy Springs, Rite: Children’s is an award winning hospital many of which offer trails and picnic areas near or specifically for Children. The doctors receive next to the Chattahoochee River. special training, and all the equipment is tailored to Named for a children. It offers 16 satellite locations throughout Shopping: that is still in Atlanta.² Sandy Springs offers many of specialty stores, such as spring antique and hardware shops. City Walk Shopping existence today, the •Kaiser Permanente, Glenlake Medical Center: Center is one of the “most popular shopping Glenlake is one of Kaiser Permanente’s Diagnostic destinations in Sandy Springs.” It offers gourmet recently formed city food stores and boutiques.6 Center’s of excellence.³ of Sandy Springs •St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta: St. Joeph’s is ______is comprised of diverse Atlanta oldest hospital (1880). They specialize in “cardiac, neurological, vascular, gastrointestinal, 1. www.northside.com neighborhoods, many 2. www.choa.org/default.aspx respiratory, orthopedic and cancer care.” People 3. www.members.kaiserpermanente.orgkpweb with popular swim & throughout the Southeast go to St. Josephs because 4. www.stjosephsatlants.org of their specialized services.⁴ 5. www.afplweb.com tennis clubs. 6. www.sandysprings.com/Shopping.aspx

40 South Forsyth

41 Average Sales Price: $326,905

Country Clubs: Parks: •Laurel Springs Golf Club: This par 71 Jack •Sharon Springs Park: Constructed in 1994, Nicklaus designed golf course is a challenge for any Sharon Springs Park offers seven youth baseball/ golfer. The club also offers fine and casual dining softball fields, a senior baseball field, a football facilities for members. field, 1 soccer field, outdoor basketball courts, eight tennis courts, playground, walking trail, picnic •St. Marlo Country Club: This club was recently pavilion and a community building. In 2008, voted as one of the top 3 “Best Public Courses in Forsyth Atlanta” and on of the top 10 “Best New Courses” •Ducktown Park: This beautiful park offers was named by Golf Digest Magazine. The club also offers a a picnic pavilion, fitness playground, outdoor County formal dining room for banquets and other formal volleyball court, horse shoe pits, open grass fields the 13th most occasions such as weddings and reunions.¹ and a rubber surface walking/running path. •Chattahoochee River Club: The Chattahoochee •For a full list of parks in South Forsyth County, wealthy county in the River Club is located on over 400 acres of beautiful visit www.forsythco.com land running alongside the famous Chattahoochee nation by Forbes.com River. The club offers ten miles of mulched trails Shopping: that locals enjoy either by foot, on bike, or on •The Avenue Forsyth: A newly built facility, The & the wealthiest horseback. The club also offers two pools, a state- Avenue Forsyth has nearly one hundred shops and of-the-art clubhouse, a fenced playground, six restaurants.⁴ in the tennis courts, lighted basketball courts and dining facilities.² ______state of Georgia •Windermere Golf Course: The Windermere 1. www.stmarlo.com Golf Course, built in 2000 and designed by PGA 2. chattahoocheeriverclub.com tour player Davis Love III, offers a unique challenge 3. www.canongategolf.com for every skill level. The club also offers fine and 4. www∙forsyth.shoptheavenue.com casual dining.³

Attractions: •Lake Lanier: : After its completion in 1956, Lake Lanier was the largest man made lake in the world. The lake encompasses over 38,000 acres of water and 692 miles of shoreline. Nearly 8 million people visit the lake each year, which has several marinas, a water park and various golf options.

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44 The Georgia School of Classicism: Lewis Crook: The early 20th century, particularly the years between 1910 Lewis Edmund Crook, Jr. graduated from Georgia Tech’s and 1930, was the Golden Age for residential architecture in Department of Architecture in 1919 where he studied under Atlanta. One architectural firm, Hentz & Reid (later called Francis Palmer Smith. After graduation he joined the other Hentz, Reid & Adler, then, after Reid’s death in 1926, Hentz architectural master-minds at Hentz, Reid & Adler. Neel Reid took Adler & Shutze) was singularly responsible for the great works special interest in Crook and he quickly became “Reid’s favorite of this period. According to the book Landmark Homes of draftsman,” (Lewis Edmund Crook Jr, Architect). Like Reid, Crook Georgia 1733-1983, “these academically trained architects was a master of classical design, but he knew how to adapt it to a were consummate artists who could make any historical style family’s modern needs. He however, did not let classical design of architecture into their own.” One of the firm’s founding trump regional thought. He seamlessly blended the Classical Influential Atlanta Architects partners, Neel Reid, would become the father of the Georgia Revival Style, which was already present throughout the South, with school of classicism, a school that, according to the book the new Georgia School of Classicism being heralded in by Reid “Neel Reid, Architect of Hentz, Reid & Adler and the Georgia to create a distinctly Crook Georgia Classic. In 1923, Crook and School of Classicists," spawned numerous careers and other another Hentz, Reid and Adler architect, Ernest Daniel Ivey, formed firms, set lasting professional and aesthetic standards, and their own firm, Ivey and Crook, and went on to design and build fostered the architecture department at the Georgia Institute a distinguished list of Buckhead and Atlanta homes and buildings. . of Technology.” Among the renowned Georgia architects 2 who flocked to this new breeding ground of architectural thought were James Means, Philip Shutze and Lewis Crook.

Neel Reid: An Atlanta native who grew up in Macon, Neel Reid returned to Atlanta in 1904 to work in the office of architect Willis Franklin Denney. Reid and his future business partner, Hal Hentz went to Columbia University’s School of Architecture, where they studied with New York beaux-arts architect Charles McKim. From there they went to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Returning to Atlanta in 1909, they founded Hentz and Reid architectural firm. Reid was a master of his craft and left a tremendous mark on architecture in Georgia. His homes were classically designed and perfectly proportioned. In the book Architecture of Neel Reid in Georgia, James Grady wrote, “Reid was a master of scale; it is the indefinable essence of his work.” Inspired by the Italian architectural interplay between garden and home, his lasting legacy is his masterful fusion of the two into an inextricable, elegant whole. Reid came into his own in 1916 when he designed the 1 Hills and Dales Estate in LaGrange, Ga. He described the home as “Georgian Italian.” 45 Philip Shutze: Philip Trammell Shutze was born in 1890 in Columbus, Ga. In 1908 he earned a scholarship from Georgia Tech where he . studied under Francis Palmer Smith, who marveled at Shutze’s James Means: innate abilities and understanding of proportion. In his free time, James “Jimmy” Means grew up in the construction business. His father was a Macon,4 Shutze worked at the fledgling firm Hentz & Reid. During his Ga., building contractor who moved his family to Atlanta in 1906. In 1917, at the junior year he traveled to Europe to study architecture, and that age of 13, Means got a job as a part-time office boy at the famed architectural firm . trip left an indelible mark on his thought and style. He went on to of Hentz, Reid and Adler. After graduating from Tech High School, Means enrolled 3 in architecture courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology, but he left without study at the Columbia School of Architecture and the American getting a degree and returned as an apprentice to Reid. Although he went on to a Academy in Rome. Upon returning to Georgia, he began working 50-year successful career, he was never a registered architect. Throughout his career, at Hentz, Reid & Adler and was assigned the job of designing The he was known for quality of craftsmanship and purity of detail. He often rescued Andrew Calhoun House. One of his first projects was The Edward and incorporated elements of older buildings into his designs. His work frequently H. Inman House, or The Swan Coach House, which has been echoed early New England and tidewater Virginia styles or historic European called “a culmination of the domestic architecture of Georgia and houses. He also was widely known for restoration and reconstruction work. a quintessential example of Georgians’ love of beautiful houses and Gardens in the classical revival tradition.” (Classic Atlanta)

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1. 1,2,3,4 46 THE ARCHITECTURAL Styles AND PERIODS OF ATLANTA Many people who have never been to Atlanta envision the city as a stronghold of Southern-style homes with large white columns, but in reality the area offers a wide mixture of architectural styles that correspond to national trends in architecture across the globe. The following list captures the most common architectural styles found in the Atlanta and where to find them.

PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA (1800s-1860s) Virtually no homes exist from this time period, as a large portion of CREATIVE ECLECTICISM Atlanta burned to the ground during the Civil War. Madison (east (1910s-1940s) of Atlanta) and Newnan (southwest of Atlanta) are the only towns POST-CIVIL WAR ERA (1865-1870s) Creative Eclecticism is a phrase used to close to the metro Atlanta area with significant homes that date While Atlanta underwent an economic boom describe the works of the architectural prior to the war. In fact, the majority of the homes found in metro following the Civil War, very little residential firm Hentz, Reid & Adler (later Hentz,

Architectural Styles & Periods Styles Architectural Atlanta today were built after 1970, when the population of metro housing, which was mostly in the downtown Atlanta Adler & Shutze). The architects of this Atlanta was less than 1.8 million. Since 1970, metro Atlanta’s area, exists from this period. These homes were long firm studied throughout Europe, and population has grown to encompass nearly six million people, and ago torn down and replaced by commercial buildings this academic background influenced differing architectural styles experienced similar growth. and skyscrapers. not only their designs but also the architecture of Atlanta for a generation. VICTORIAN AND Their work, with strong Beaux Arts, QUEEN ANNE ERAS Federal, Georgian, Tudor Revival, and (1880s-1920s) Italian Renaissance influences, was Conceived and developed in called Creative Eclecticism because, the 1880s by entrepreneur Joel according to the authors of Landmark Hurt, was Atlanta’s Homes of Georgia, Hentz, Reid and first planned community Shutze “could make any architectural and offers Atlanta’s greatest style into their own.” Ansley Park, concentration of Victorian and Buckhead and Druid Hills offer the Queen Anne era architecture. greatest concentrations of work by the Along with Inman Park, Grant firm with Druid Hills offering perhaps Park and Downtown Marietta the most consistent representation of also feature excellent examples the period. However, the Buckhead area from this period. features the firm’s most notable works Cottage STYLE (1910s-1940s) (i.e. the Swan Coach House). Reflecting many different architectural styles including Craftsman, Cape Cod and Tudor, CRAFTSMAN ERA (1910s-1930s) the term cottage is used to describe a home The Craftsman-Style home, so named for the Gustav Stickley that uses space very efficiently. Most cottages magazine that published house plans incorporating the were built in the 1920s, ‘30s and and Crafts ideals of late 1880s and early 1900s, is found in ‘40s and are commonly found in areas such neighborhoods such as Decatur, Grant Park, Morningside, as Buckhead (including the neighborhoods of and Virginia Highland. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the , Garden Hills, Loring Heights, Craftsman-Style made a comeback in Atlanta, as many builders re- Memorial Park, , , introduced the style with modern touches. These new homes are Ridgewood Heights, and Springlake), Decatur found on in-fill lots in older neighborhoods of Atlanta and in new (city proper), Morningside, and Virginia subdivisions completely dedicated to the Craftsman style. Highland. 47 CONTEMPORARY AND POSTMODERN (1960s-PRESENT) CREATIVE CLASSICISM REVIVAL Very few contemporary or postmodern homes exist in Atlanta largely because of (1990s-PRESENT) the area’s emotional ties to traditional Southern architecture. However, a few In the 1990s, a number of talented local contemporary and postmodern homes began to appear in the 1960,s as more people architects and builders reverted back to moved to Atlanta from other parts of the country. These two styles have differing classical architecture. This revival of Creative features in that the contemporary style incorporates no mixture of historic details Classicism continues today and is marked or quirky features while postmodern homes combine traditional features with newly by homes that incorporate a number of invented forms. The most architecturally significant contemporary and post modern different styles (Beaux Arts, Craftsman, homes are found in Buckhead and Sandy Springs. Federal, French Eclectic, French Provincial, Georgian, Italian Renaissance, Regency) but with notably cleaner lines and less ornamentation than the Creative Eclecticism period of the early 20th century. The use of POST WORLD WAR II RANCH natural materials such as slate, stone, brick, (1940s-1960s) rough hewn wood and repurposed building materials is paramount with the goal to Inspired by the Prairie-Style home of Frank Lloyd give the homes the appearance of historical Wright and a staple of real estate developers after integrity. The finest examples of these homes World War II, the post-war ranch is found in the areas are in Buckhead and North Fulton but others of Buckhead (Lenox Park, Margaret Mitchell, Pine are found throughout metro Atlanta. Hills, Wildwood) Decatur (Fernbank, Lavista Park, Sagamore Hills, Toco Hills), Marietta, Sandy Springs and Smyrna.

COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE (1910s-1940s) The Colonial Revival-Style home, based loosely on Federal and Georgian house styles, was the most popular historic revival house between World War I and World War II. The style was arguably the most popular style of home built by wealthy Atlantans of the period. Many still stand today and are predominantly found in Buckhead and Druid Hills.

NEO-ECLECTIC TRADITIONAL (1970s-PRESENT) NEO-MEDITERRANEAN Neo-Eclecticism emerged with the rebellion against modernism and a (1980s-PRESENT) longing for more traditional styles. Builders throughout Atlanta borrowed Inspired by the Spanish Revival style of the freely from a variety of historic traditions that were customized using early 20th century, Neo-Mediterranean a mixture of features selected from construction catalogs. Dunwoody architecture is marked by the prodigious represents metro Atlanta’s first full-fledged foray into Neo-Eclecticism. use of smooth plaster (stucco) walls and Formed in the 1970s around a Williamsburg-inspired village, homes in chimney finishes, clay roofs, and terracotta Dunwoody epitomize the use of traditional styles with mostly Georgian or cast concrete ornaments. Beginning influences. Neo-Eclectic architecture spread throughout metro Atlanta in the 1980s, this style continues to be a as development of the area ballooned in the 1980s and 1990s. John popular choice for builders today. The best Wieland, an Atlanta builder and developer whose company became one examples of the Neo-Mediterranean style of the largest homebuilders in the Southeast, has built more homes in are found in Sandy Springs and in newer the neo-eclectic traditional style than any other builder in metro Atlanta. neighborhoods in Alpharetta and Duluth.

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before you begin the 4 - 6 months before 3 - 4 months before moving process your move your move

VISIT WWW.BEACHAM.COM GET YOUR FAMILY’S RECORDS TOGETHER RETURN TO ATLANTA TO CHOOSE ·SAFTY DEPOSIT CONTENTS A HOME WITH YOUR BEACHAM & CALL A BEACHAM & COMPANY AGENT TO ·SCHOOL RECORDS COMPANY AGENT DISCUSS OPTIONS ·MEDICAL/DENTAL ·PET RECORDS/PRESCRIPTIONS MAKE AN OFFER ON A HOME FIND OUT WHAT YOUR COMPANY’S PROCEDURES ARE REGARDING USE THE BEACHAM BLUEPRINT NEIGHBORHOOD

Getting Prepared for Your Your for Prepared Getting Atlanta to Move CORPOR ATE MOVES PROFILES TO CHOOSE ONE THATS IDEAL FOR YOU

RESEARCH SCHOOLS AND DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL

DECIDE WHAT ITEMS YOU NEED TO BE MOVED BY A PROFESSIONAL AND BEGIN GETTING QUOTES

DECIDE WHAT TO KEEP, GIVE AWAY, SELL OR THROW AWAY

MAKE AN INITIAL TRIP TO ATLANTA AND MEET WITH YOUR BEACHAM & COMPANY AGENT TO DISCUSS YOUR FAMILYS WANTS AND NEEDS

SET UP A RETURN TRIP TO DISCUSS A GAME PLAN AND TIMELINE WITH YOUR AGENT

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2 - 3 months before 1 - 2 months before 1 month before your move your move your move

ORGANIZE and HOLD A YARD SALE DECIDE ON A MOVING COMPANY AND MAKE TR AVEL ARR ANGEMENTS FOR YOUR RESERVE A MOVING DATE FAMILY AND PETS DECIDE ON A MOVING DATE SEND OUT CHANGE OF ADDRESS CARDS CALL YOUR INSUR ANCE COMPANY AND MAKE FINALIZE A CONTR ACT AND DECIDE OR E-MAILS. USE THE FREE CHANGE OF SURE YOUR ITEMS WILL BE COVERED DURING ON A CLOSING DATE. ADDRESS KIT AT WWW.UPS.COM THE MOVE

SET UP NEW BANKING SERVICES ARR ANGE TO HAVE ALL UTILITIES DISCONNECTED AT YOUR OLD HOME AND RECONNECTED AT YOUR NEW HOME

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