Curran Nursery
Operating out of 2365 Sewell Rd (now Benjamin E. Mays), Curran Nursery supplied the botanical roots for SW Atlanta’s midcentury suburban boom.
Delowe Drive SW
Originally named to honor civic matriarch D. Lowe Wilson Pitts for her 1930s beautification of Cascade Rd, this street was phonetically merged into “Delowe Dr.”
Frank Veltre
Before the suburban boom, Italian immigrant Frank Veltre established a sprawling country estate & peach farm on Sewell Road, leaving a lasting geographic legacy.
Ponder Realty Company
Operating out of a dedicated field office on Cascade Road, John M. Ponder utilized brass bands and relentless marketing to sell the 1920s Atlanta suburban dream.
John H. Zaring Sr.
Driven by grief, tuberculosis, and entrepreneurial ambition, the Zaring family spent over six decades bottling mineral water and shaping Cascade Springs.
Dr. Charles R. Adams
Physician, politician, and county commissioner, Dr. Charles R. Adams used New Deal relief funds to steer public park investments toward private suburban tracts.
George L. Wilson
Operating out of his Cascade Road office, George L. Wilson utilized political alliances and 99-year restrictive covenants to engineer suburban SW Atlanta.