Druid Hills Historic District (Atlanta, Georgia)

Druid Hills Historic District
House in Druid Hills Historic District, September 2016
Druid Hills Historic District (Atlanta, Georgia) is located in Atlanta
Druid Hills Historic District (Atlanta, Georgia)
LocationBoth sides of Ponce de Leon Ave. between Briarcliff Rd. and the Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks (original)
Nearest cityAtlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°46′44″N 84°19′47″W / 33.77889°N 84.32972°W / 33.77889; -84.32972
Area250 acres (100 ha) (original)
Built1893
ArchitectFrederick Law Olmsted, et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival (original)
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, 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 Joel Hurt's Kirkwood Land Company was organized around Ponce de Leon Avenue, a broad parkway on either side of a series of parks. Work did not begin until 1905, and in 1908 the development company was sold to Asa Candler, president of the 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 Ponce de Leon Avenue between Briarcliff Road and the Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks. This was a 250-acre (100 ha) area that included a total of eight contributing buildings and one other contributing structure. The 1979 expanded listing included an area of 1,300 acres (530 ha) including Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, and 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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