11 May Garden Hills, History Through Homes
Garden Hills has some of the most attractive and historic homes in the Atlanta. The homes in Garden Hills feature a collection of Craftsman bungalows as well as spacious Georgian, Spanish Revival, and Tudor mansions, in addition to less sizable but still spacious ranch style homes. Builders are still attracted by the convenient location between Peachtree and Piedmont Road and close to downtown Atlanta. New homes in Garden Hills tend to run in the $700,000 range, although many listings below and above this price point are active. Atlanta designated the area a historical district in 1987.
Garden Hills is a neighborhood renowned for winding roads lined with mature trees. It is often referred to as an urban forest because of the abundance of trees in a setting so close to downtown. There are numerous parks, several of which include pools and other recreational amenities. Even the traffic islands are lushly landscaped and residents enjoy many sites for shopping and dining. The hustle and bustle of the city is just a short distance away from homes in Garden hills, but can seem a world away in this bucolic locale.
Phillips McDuffie, an Atlanta lawyer, founded Garden Hills in 1925. He sought to create a subdivision based around a community center and park with a pool. His aim was to have all the homes in Garden Hills set along streets lined with trees to give the entire neighborhood the feel of being a well-kept garden. The homes in Garden Hills developed incrementally in three sections. The first was the Country Club portion that contained the pool and community center around North Hills Drive and Rumson Road. The next area developed was the Peachtree portion between Rumson and Peachtree Road with the Brentwood Section along Piedmont Road to North Hills Drive as the last.
Garden Hills has three sizable, named parks: Sunnybrook, Alexander, and Frankie Allen. The last features playing fields, tennis courts, and facilities for barbequing. Residents here are right to feel pampered. Granite markers are employed throughout the neighborhood to note structures of historical significance. The Garden Hills pool is a gathering point for area events.
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