Druid Hills Historic District (Atlanta, Georgia)

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Druid Hills Historic District
Bungalow/Craftsman (increase)
NRHP reference No.75002070[1] (original)
79000715[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1975 (original)
Boundary increaseOctober 25, 1979 (increase, renamed)

Druid Hills Historic District is a historic district in Druid Hills and Atlanta in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[1]

Description

The district was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and later by his sons, the Olmsted Brothers. Druid Hills was Atlanta's second major suburb, after Inman Park, and as one of Olmsted's major works, had a significant influence on future suburban development.[2]

Olmsted's 1893 plan for developer

Coca Cola Company and future mayor of Atlanta,[2] who built a mansion at 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue.[3] Completed in 1936, the development features large mansions on either side of the central parkway overlooking the parks, designed by such architects as Henry Hornbostel, Neel Reid, Walter T. Downing and Arthur Neal Robinson.[2]

The Druid Hills Historic District was listed on the NRHP April 11, 1979.[1] It incorporates the earlier Druid Hills Parks and Parkways Historic District that was listed on the National Register October 25, 1975.[2]

The Druid Hills Parks and Parkways district included Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in buildings along both sides of

Bungalow/Craftsman architecture.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Druid Hills Historic District". Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "Candler Mansion". St. John's Chrysostom Melkite Church. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2009. Before all of this present and holy utilization of this place, this [...] mansion [...] was formerly the home of Asa Candler

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