Old Fourth Ward (Atlanta, Ga.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Arnall T. Connell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1046
Scope and Content
This collection consists of papers related to Arnall T. Connell's tenure as a professor in the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia. Student papers written by Connell's graduate students form the largest portion of the collection. The papers cover a large array of Atlanta-related subjects, including neighborhoods and their histories, historic preservation of buildings and homes, renovation and repurposing ideas for historic...
Dates:
1894-1994, undated
Atlanta Urban Design Commission records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1272
Scope and Contents
This collection contains administrative records and documentation of the creation of AUDC through meeting minutes, reports, newspaper articles, and correspondence. The records also contain data collected about historic nominations of properties and neighborhoods, and records from the Cooperation of Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA). Historic nomination forms include the nominee's history, correspondence, meeting minutes from the commission, and nomination and acceptance packets. The bulk...
Dates:
1973-2008, undated
Atlanta Urban Design Commission visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS443
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images, historic property surveys, and maps which depict Atlanta and its neighborhoods. AUDC generated these materials, gathered by trained volunteers and unidentified photographers, to document and study the neighborhoods and important structures to gauge their historic significance. Materials depict residences, commercial buildings, streetscapes, religious structures, schools, cemeteries, industrial sites, parks, and government buildings. Also included are city...
Dates:
1912-2005, undated (bulk 1973-1995)
Leila Ross Wilburn visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS72
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the prolific work of one of Atlanta’s pioneer women architects and businesswomen. It is comprised primarily of architectural plans, photographs, negatives, and slides of private residences, multi-family homes, and apartment buildings Wilburn designed during her career. Her portfolio of architectural plans in Series I includes designs of homes in Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs; in several cities and towns in Georgia, including Forsyth, McDonough, and Thomaston;...
Dates:
1920-1979