Venetian Hills
Anchored by Atlanta’s oldest pioneer graves at Utoy Church and shaped by mid-century brick ranches, Venetian Hills bridges the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries in Southwest Atlanta.
Ivan Hill
Tucked away off Lynhurst Drive, Ivan Hill began as a quiet 1950s brick-ranch subdivision before navigating the dramatic desegregation, community organizing, and shifting urban realities of 1970s Southwest Atlanta.
Mangum Manor and Lynhurst Acres
First carved from the woods in the 1950s, Mangum Manor and Lynhurst Acres became home to prominent Atlanta leaders, including Mayor Maynard Jackson. Discover the history of these two connected subdivisions and how their residents helped drive the retail revival of Cascade Road.
Harlan Terrace and Chalet-Peyton Woods
Following the fall of the 1962 Peyton Road barricades, incoming homeowners transformed these overlapping subdivisions into a highly organized community that actively shaped the Peyton Road corridor.
Kenmore Parks
Platted directly opposite the John A. White municipal golf course in 1939, Kenmore Parks offered pre-war buyers custom brick homes with pre-paid municipal infrastructure and no city assessments.
Cascade Manor
Developed at the terminus of the Whitehall-Beecher streetcar line, Cascade Manor used the 1939 “Talking Home” phenomenon to spark a pre-war housing boom on Cascade Road.
Beecher Hills
Carefully platted across 253 acres in the late 1930s, Beecher Hills was built directly over visible Civil War earthworks to create a tranquil, low-density residential neighborhood.
Lynn Valley and Lynn Acres
Hidden beneath a dense hardwood canopy, Lynn Valley evolved from a postwar custom-built enclave into a home for civil rights leaders, pioneering educators, and literary voices.
Audubon Forest
Platted in 1945 with bird-named streets and 99-year restrictive covenants, Audubon Forest residents utilized corporate influence and a secret buyout fund to resist integration during the 1960s.
Peyton Forest
Developed in the 1950s with literary street names, Peyton Forest became the focus of the 1962 Peyton Road Wall, a physical barricade erected by the city to halt housing integration.
Cascade Heights
From an ancient indigenous thoroughfare and Civil War battlefield to a 1920s suburban experiment and the premier address of Atlanta’s Black middle class, explore the definitive history of Cascade Heights.