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Brookwood Hills Historic District is a distinctive and well-defined residential community developed beginning in the 1920s. It is a remarkably intact example of an early 20th century planned residential community, with very little detraction from overall historic character.
Brookwood Hills is a historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, north of Midtown and south-southwest of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son, Arthur.
Nov 28, 1994 · HISTORY. In the 1860s, the Brookwood Hills area was a wilderness lying between the City of Atlanta and the community of Buckhead. Bisected by Peachtree and Clear Creeks and with a ridge at present day Piedmont Hospital, the area was part of the final defense works of Confederate commanders Joseph E. Johnston and Braxton Bragg.
Brookwood Hills is a well-defined residential area that incorporates the major architectural, landscape and planning elements of suburban development of the early 1920s. In 1912, Benjamin F. Burdett and a partner had purchased approximately 50 acres of land from the A.J. Collier estate.
Brookhaven Historic District. Brookwood Hills Historic District. Garden Hills Historic District. Peachtree Heights Park Historic District. Peachtree Highlands-Peachtree Park
Apr 3, 2019 · The Brookwood Hills Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places located east of Peachtree Road encompassing approximately 90 acres and includes more than 250 residences, a large recreation area and two distinctive bricked and landscaped entranceways to the subdivision, according to its website. Tagged: home tour.
Brookwood is a neighborhood at the southernmost tip of the Buckhead Community of Atlanta. It should not be confused with Brookwood Hills, a neighborhood and historic district east of Brookwood across Peachtree Road. It is bordered by: I-75 and Loring Heights on the southwest; I-85 on the southeast; Peachtree Road and Brookwood Hills on the east
