Bibliograph

Historic Grant Park, Jennifer Goad Cuthbertson and Philip M. Cuthbertson

Type

Label

Historic Grant Park, Jennifer Goad Cuthbertson and Philip M. Cuthbertson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Historic Grant Park

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Goad Cuthbertson and Philip M. Cuthbertson

Series statement

Images of America

Summary

Both the neighborhood of Grant Park and the 131-acre park take their shared name from railroad executive Lemuel P. Grant. The park was a gift to the City of Atlanta from Grant and was designed by John Charles Olmsted, the stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted. It became an urban haven where people came to "take the waters" from its natural springs, canoe on Lake Abana, and stroll the winding pathways in the pastoral park. A neighborhood sprang up around this oasis and was filled with homes that were designed in the spirit of Victorian painted ladies, Craftsman bungalows, Queen Anne, and New South cottages. In 1979, the structures within the neighborhood and park were placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Target audience

adult

Classification