Real estate development -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Adelaide Ruff McCarty Photographs
This collection is comprised of images of the early development of Ansley Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The photographs were taken by an unidentified photographer. Mr. Solon Zachery Ruff, who was the development’s civil engineer, can be seen, along with images of the home of Amos Rhodes (now Rhodes Hall). Mr Ruff is identified as “papa” on some of the images. One of the images is of an auction of lots in Ansley Park.
Atlanta Real Estate Board photographs and plat maps
This collection contains photographic prints, plat maps, and building plans of properties in Atlanta and Fulton County created for real estate business purposes. Most photographs depict residential and commercial buildings that were torn down to make way for two public housing projects, Techwood Homes and University Homes in 1934. Highlights include appraisal photographs and supporting documents for the Grant Building, the J.M. High Estate, and the Atlanta King Plow Company building.
Eloise Quillian papers
This collection includes general research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed materials such as maps and newsletters.
Eugene R. Martini papers
Henry A. Corriher, Jr. papers
The collection contains Atlanta Chamber of Commerce publications, building sales proposals, development proposals, a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) proposal, an airline guide, some schedules for the arts, and correspondence.
Kennedy Smith papers
This collection contains correspondence, brochures, advertising material, and other documents relating to residential and commercial real estate in Fulton County, Henry County, and DeKalb County. Also included are resumes, letters of recommendation, and business cards.
Map collection
This collection includes city maps of Atlanta and its suburbs, as well as plat maps drawn to facilitate the purchase of new homes in neighborhoods and subdivisions in Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties. The maps illustrate the physical growth of the city of Atlanta and the creation of neighborhoods in and around the city in the latter half of the 19th century through the late 20th century.
NorthEast Atlanta Beltline Group records
This collection contains records documenting land acquisition and sale to create the northeastern portion of the Atlanta BeltLine. Included in the collection are property sale and lease agreements, clippings and articles about the planning and development of the Atlanta BeltLine, correspondence, environmental reports, transportation studies, site plans, land surveys, and maps.
Peters Land Company records
This collection contains plat diagrams of Peters Park, canceled checks and stock certificates of Peters Park Improvement Company and Peters Land Company, and miscellaneous documents.