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Subject Files : Architecture
Scroll the list to see what we have available in the archives on historic homes and properties in DeKalb. Most items require an in-person visit to view. Otherwise, file names in blue are available in digital form. We don’t have information on every home in DeKalb or Decatur. We have plat maps for districts 15, 16, and 18 from various eras that MAY show your street/neighborhood. Most of the files here are newspaper articles collected by DHC staff over the years. Others contain Historic Register applications. Email us to get more information. See also our Photographs page.
DeKalb County Historic Preservation division- click here
There are 2 collections related to property in DeKalb- check the Special Collections page for Candler Sr. collection and DeKalb Deeds.
In the meantime, check out these websites and flyers to get information on your property:
DeKalb County Tax Commissioner
General
1960s suburban architecture – DeKalb
Georgia Historic Landscape Initiative
Historic Preservation
Log Cabins
Miscellaneous
Ranch houses
Single Family Residential Development in DeKalb County, 1945-1970; other building and historic area reports can be found here at Georgia State University’s ScholarWorks page, including Arabia Mountain, Decatur, Kirkwood, Stone Mountain, and more
Women Architects in Atlanta, 1895-1979 (article from The Atlanta Historical Journal)
Firms
Ivey and Crook
Logan and Williams
Mastin and Associates
Robert and Company
Historic Buildings/Properties
Blair – Rutland Building
Briarcliff – Normandy Apartments
Brownings Courthouse
Cora Beck Hampton Schoolhouse
Decatur City Hall
Decatur Depot
Decatur Waterworks
DeKalb Building
DeKalb County Jail Houses
Emory Woods Apartments
Galloway Livery Stable
Hotel Candler
Houston Chapel
New Courthouse (built in 1968)- 556 N McDonough St, Decatur
Old Courthouse (now DeKalb History Center) – History
Old Courthouse – Images (see also Photographs, Box 13)
Old Courthouse – Lawn, Trees, Objects
Old Courthouse Renovations 1820s – 1965
Old Courthouse Renovations 1966-1988
Old Courthouse Renovations 1989- present
Old Courthouse- Vietnam Memorial Plaque
Post offices
Pythagoras Lodge No. 41, Masonic Temple, Decatur
R.F. Sams Farm
Ridley Howard House-Clairemont and Scott Blvd.
United States Post Office, Decatur GA
Historic Districts (see also Communities and Neighborhoods)
Arabia Mountain
Clairemont Avenue
Glenwood Road Historic Corridor
Kirkwood
Longview-Huntley Hills (Chamblee) (Oversized Map)
M.A.K. (McDonough, Adams, Kings)
University Park, Emory Highlands, Emory Estates
Historic Homes (see also Special Collections DeKalb News/Sun photos, box 6)
129 Church Street
152 Superior Avenue, Decatur: “Tucked-In” historic garden
226 East Lake Drive (see also our YouTube channel, ” Tudor Revival and East Lake”)
311, 313, 314 S Fourth Ave
408 Glendale Ave, Decatur
417 East College Ave
422/424 West Ponce de Leon Ave– “Rock House”; The Marlay House since 2008; previously Ya-Ya’s and The Angel
604 Clairemont Ave
619, 623, 627 Sycamore St
636, 703 Sycamore St
724 East Lake Dr
822 Lullwater Road, “Driving Miss Daisy” home
1115 Lullwater Road
1192 McLendon Ave., Maj. Moreland house
1260 McLendon Ave., Kuhn estate
1848 N. Decatur Road
Adair house- 1341 S Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta
Alston house, or Meadow Nook- 2420 Alston Dr
Ansley, William Smith house- 349 S Candler St, Decatur
Argo-Tilson-Bixler home
Atlanta’s White House- Briarcliff Rd
Avary-Fulton home, or Fulton House- S. Columbia Drive
Benning, Augustus H. home, Oakdale Road
Biffle Cabin (1 of 2)
Biffle Cabin (2 of 2)
Bond family house- 1226 Rock Chapel Rd., Lithonia
Boxwood, also Rainwater Estate, or Dogwood Terrace- 794 Springdale Rd
“Briarcliff’ – Asa Candler home
Burdine House- 627 Sycamore St
Callan Castle- Inman Park
Callanwolde Mansion- 850 Briarcliff Rd
Candler, Bishop Warren A. Candler house
Candler-McKinney-Clarke home- 146 South Candler Street or 146 Candler Rd
Cheek-Spruill house- Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
Death House- Sycamore Street, Decatur
Donaldson-Bannister house and cemetery- 4831 Chamblee- Dunwoody Rd
Edwards-Malone home- 6886 Main Street, Lithonia
Evans-Williams home- Hairston Way, Stone Mountain
Everhart house, 6 Clairmont Ave, Decatur
Farmer, Neville and Helen (Lustron house)- 513 Drexel Avenue (see also our YouTube channel)
Fischer-Hurt house- 4146 Chamblee-Dunwoody
“Forty Oaks”- McClendon St, Clarkston
Gentry, William T. house- East Lake
Glenwoods– 1632 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta
Going, Commodore house, Johnson Ferry and Peachtree-Dunwoody
Goodwin, Solomon house- 3931 Peachtree Road
Great Oaks– Lithonia
Halliburton Hall- Clarkston
Harwell cabin- 326 Hill St, Decatur
Hester house– 4130 E Ponce de Leon Avenue, Clarkston
“High House”- Decatur
House, Samuel home- Peachtree Road at Ashford-Dunwoody Road
Houston home- 418 Church St, Decatur
Houston Mill house- Atlanta
Houston Mill house – Atlanta; From the Carr Collection
Housworth homeplace- Lithonia
Jackson (Tom) house- Candler Road
Johnson home- Howard Ave, Decatur
Kemp-Castle house
Lindig cabin- Lithonia
Loyd homeplace
Lullwater farm, estate- 1483 Clifton Road
Lumpkin-Compton-Broome house- Decatur
Lyon Farm
Lyon House
Mann, J.W. house- 1918 Dresden Drive, Chamblee
Marble house- 119 North McDonough Street, Decatur
Marble Palace- 1428 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta
Mary Gay House (1 of 2)
Mary Gay House (2 of 2)
McPherson cabin
Mebane house- Spalding Dr, Dunwoody
Milledge house- Decatur
Moore’s Plantation- South DeKalb
Morris house- Clarkston
Morris house- East Lake Road
Murphey Candler house- 158 S Candler Street
“Paradiso”, 1695 Ponce de Leon Ave
Pearce house- 125 Madison Ave., Decatur
Perrin house- Clarkston
“Pinebloom”- 1585 S Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta
Pines, Russel and Nellie (Lustron house)- 2081 Sylvania Drive
Ponce de Leon Infirmary or Pappenheimer home
Powell, Chapmon house (medicine house)
Ragsdale house- Arabia Mountain
“Rainbow Terrace”- 1610 Ponce de Leon
Red Cross house- Sycamore, Decatur
Rest Haven- 940 Springdale Rd
“Rosewood”- 2740 Alston Drive, East Lake
Sams, Sr., Mrs. Hansford home– Candler Rd, Decatur
Scott-Cooper house- Sycamore, Decatur (now home to the Decatur Recreation Center and Scott Park)
Seminary- 6886 Main Street, Lithonia
“Shady Lawn” (see our Blog)
Sheppard home
Smith-Benning house- 520 Oakdale Road
Spivey log cabin- 4069 Norman Rd, Stone Mountain
Steele-Cobb house- 2632 Fox Hills Dr, Decatur, “Briarpatch”
Steward-Rowland-DeJarnatt house- Barry St, Decatur
Stillwood Plantation- Briarcliff Road
Stonehaven- Stone Mountain
Stonehenge- 1410 Ponce de Leon
Sutherland house
Swanton House (1 of 3)
Swanton House (2 of 3)
Swanton House (3 of 3)
Swanton House, gifts
Thomas-Barber cabin
Thompson cabin
Thornton house- Stone Mountain
Towers-Fowler-Thompson house- Stone Mountain
T.R.R. Cobb house
Tullie Smith house
Villa MiraFlores- 1214 Villa Drive, Atlanta
Williams House- Clarkston
“Wisteria (or Wistaria) Hall”- 2249 Wisteria Way, Atlanta
Woolford, Cator home (1 of 2)- 1815 Ponce de Leon Ave
Woolford, Cator home (2 of 2)
Zuber-Jarell house- Flat Shoals Ave
