Originally built in 1904 as the home of Rhodes Furniture founder Amos Rhodes, Rhodes Hall has been an Atlanta landmark …
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Already owned by the city and located around a large lake, Lakewood Fairgrounds was the perfect site for the new …
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Established in 1889, Agnes Scott College in Decatur educates women from around the world to “think deeply, live honorably and …
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When the Atlantic Steel mill – established in 1901 – officially shut down operations in 1997, the land was environmentally …
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Originally home to the Cherokee people and later American settlers, Kennesaw Mountain was a peaceful farming area until June 27, …
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For 138 years, Atlanta-based Rich’s was a leading department store throughout the South and a favorite among locals. Rich’s – …
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Named after the naval hero Stephen Decatur, the city of Decatur was founded in 1822 as a DeKalb County seat. …
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When Bobby Jones Jr. found national success as a golfer in the 1920s, his hometown’s interest in the game soared …
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After the Cherokee Indian removal in 1838, the state of Georgia began auctioning tracts of land along the Chattahoochee River. …
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On the lot where the Cathedral of St. Philip’s members now park their cars once stood a mansion-turned-toy museum. The …
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After developing Atlanta’s first suburb, Inman Park, prominent businessman Joel Hurt immediately began planning a second. In the late 1880s, …
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For the past 85+ years, Henri’s Bakery has supplied generations of Atlantans with freshly baked bread, desserts and wax-paper wrapped …
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Atlanta’s Morehouse College is one of three all-male, four-year liberal arts colleges remaining in the U.S. today. Just two years …
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Before serving millions of customers across the nation, Havertys operated out of a single store in downtown Atlanta, delivering furniture …
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The journey of Alonzo Herndon from a slave to millionaire is the ultimate rags-to-riches story. Born into slavery in 1858 …
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The site on which the Richard B. Russell Federal Building stands was once a bustling train station. Costing $1.6 million …
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Atlantans who regularly enjoy sweets from Rhodes Family Bakery have the Stock Market Crash of 1929 to thank. During the …
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Built in 1917 on the corner of Peachtree and Marietta streets, Atlanta’s first enclosed mall included three floors of shopping …
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Atlanta’s largest historic district, Grant Park, is named after Lemuel P., “L.P.” Grant, who was a railroad magnate, served as …
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Morehouse graduate William Alexander Scott II founded the nation’s first successful black-owned daily newspaper, Atlanta World, in 1928 on Auburn …
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One of Atlanta’s popular attractions was never meant to be permanent. In March 1889, a Marietta-bound traveling circus stalled in …
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Now the fifth largest public hospital and one of the busiest Level I trauma centers in the U.S. began as …
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In the year A.D. 8113, the world will be reintroduced to Lincoln Logs, Budweiser, voice recordings of Franklin Roosevelt and …
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From Confederate Army barracks to POW internment posts during the Spanish-American War and World War I to a World War …
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The Old Atlanta Prison Farm in southern DeKalb County is Atlanta’s biggest green space at over 300 acres – eclipsing …
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From apartment building to hotel to strip club, the Clermont Lounge has delighted many, and horrified some, since the seven-story …
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To accommodate the hoards of workers that were working long hours in east Atlanta’s cotton mills, cotton mill owners erected …
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Nestled near downtown Atlanta on 66 acres, Morehouse College, originally Augusta Theological Institute, thrives as one of three U.S. men’s …
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At the dawn of the 20th century, Ivan Allen, Sr. transitioned from the typewriter business to an office supply retailer …
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Before the iconic drive-in occupied two blocks of North Avenue, built to accommodate 600 cars and 800 people dining inside, …
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