Tag: Battle of Utoy Creek

  • Fulton Industrial District

    Stretching along the Chattahoochee River, the Fulton Industrial District conceals a layered history beneath its warehouses, from the ancient indigenous capital of Sandtown and brutal convict labor camps to the forgotten 1960s open-air sculpture museum.

  • Cascade Springs

    Today spanning 135 acres of old-growth forest, Cascade Springs evolved from an active Civil War battleground and John H. Zaring’s 1920s mineral water resort into a protected nature sanctuary in Southwest Atlanta.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.