Dr. Charles R. Adams
Physician, politician, and county commissioner, Dr. Charles R. Adams used New Deal relief funds to modernize Fulton County while steering public park investments toward private suburban tracts.
Fulton County Botanical Gardens
In the late 1930s, civic leaders attempted to build a world-class, 459-acre botanical wonderland on Gordon Road, a New Deal dream that was ultimately clear-cut for industrial zoning.
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.