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Briarcliff was the mansion and estate of Asa Griggs "Buddy" Candler Jr. (1880–1953), and is now the Briarcliff Campus of Emory University. The estate was built in 1922 on 42 acres on Williams Mill Road, now Briarcliff Road in Druid Hills near Atlanta.
A home of one of Asa Griggs Candler's children: " Callanwolde ", the home of Charles Howard Candler from 1920 to 1959. After his death it was donated to Emory University, and was subsequently sold to First Christian Church.
Candler Mansion, once the home of Coca-Cola's Asa Griggs "Buddie" Candler Jr., now sits abandoned on Emory's Briarcliff campus. Completed in 1922, the three story mansion includes with a ballroom, solarium, library, dining rooms, and bedrooms, as well as a greenhouse and remnants of a pool and menagerie on the surrounding grounds.
Jul 18, 2022 · Dilapidated and ruined, Briarcliff Mansion —the former home of Coca-Cola heir Asa “Buddie” Candler Jr. — rests atop 42 acres of rich history. Once the height of Atlanta society, the 40 ...
“ As if under the influence of a magic wand, forty acres, comprising the home of Asa G Candler, Jr., on Briarcliff Road, is growing into a veritable fairyland, and when the transformation is complete will be one of the show pieces of the south.
Asa Griggs Candler Sr. (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon and politician who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for $238.98 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Candler founded The Coca-Cola Company in 1892 and developed it as a major company.
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Aug 13, 2021 · Son of a Coca-Cola co-founder, Asa Griggs Candler Jr., built his massive Briarcliff Estate in the early 1920s. The 42-acre Atlanta property was once a sprawling mansion that hosted extravagant parties for the elite and Coca-Cola heirs, and was home to Candler’s exotic pets, including four lions, a gorilla, six elephants and more.
