Third Ward (Atlanta)
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Atlanta's Third Ward was defined in 1880 as the area bounded on the North by Georgia Railroad, West by Butler & McDonough Streets, South and East by the city limits (the green section of picture) Generally in Atlanta's Ward System, it encompassed the following modern neighborhoods: Grant Park, Ormewood Park and Cabbagetown. 1854 The original boundaries for five wards were laid out in an unknown fashion and two councilmen from each ward were elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall in 1854. Third Ward councilmen of this period were *1855 John Farrar and J. W. Thompson *1856 Thomas L. Thomas and James L. Terry *1857 John B. Peck and John Glen *1858 James E. Williams and J.M. Blackwell *1859 Coleman F. Wood and J.M. Blackwell *1860 James R.D. Ozburn and Merrill T. Castelberry *1861 Seymour B. Love and Robert Crawford *1862 John Farrar and James G. Kelly *1863 F.D. Thurman and James G. Kelly *1864 William Watkins a ...
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Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.1 million people, making it the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, it features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the most dense urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among severa ...
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Kimball House (Atlanta)
The Kimball House was the name of two historical hotels in Atlanta, Georgia. United States. Both were constructed on an entire city block at the south-southeast corner of Five Points, bounded by Whitehall Street (now part of Peachtree Street), Decatur Street, Pryor Street, and Wall Street, a block now occupied by a multi-story parking garage. First Kimball House Design and construction In 1870 on a recommendation of building contractor John C. Peck, Hannibal Kimball purchased a lot near the Union Depot where the Atlanta Hotel had been before being burned in 1864 during the Civil War. He gathered the financing for the endeavor through a confusing (and later a scandalous) combination of bonds, mortgages and subscriptions. The original estimate for the hotel was $250,000, though it eventually cost $650,000, 1/15th the total assessed value of Atlanta real estate at the time. The unusual funding scheme resulted in Kimball filing for bankruptcy and losing control of the buildin ...
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West End (Atlanta)
West End is a historic neighborhood in the U.S. city of Atlanta, one of the oldest outside Downtown Atlanta, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. West End residents are primarily (86%) African American and the neighborhood contains several prominent African American cultural institutions, in addition to being adjacent to the Atlanta University Center complex of HBCUs. West End is located southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City. Architectural styles within the district include Craftsman Bungalow, Queen Anne, Stick style, Folk Victorian, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare and Neoclassical Revival. History In this century, West End has endured many changes in its metamorphosis to an intown neighborhood while retaining its own distinctive character and vitality. This has been accomplished both by adaptation and participation in change and by its citizens' recognition of ...
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Seventh Ward (Atlanta)
Seventh Ward may refer to: * 7th Ward of New Orleans, a ward of New Orleans *Seventh Ward, New Orleans, a neighborhood of New Orleans *Ward 7 of the District of Columbia, a ward of Washington, D.C. * Ward 7, St. Louis City, an aldermanic ward of St. Louis *Ward 7, the name of several wards of Zimbabwe *Bay Ward, Ottawa (also known as Ward 7) *Ward 7 (Windsor, Ontario) *''Ward 7'', novel by Ukrainian author Valery Tarsis Valery Yakovlevich Tarsis ( uk, Валерій Яковлевич Тарсіс, russian: Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Та́рсис; , Kyiv – 3 March 1983, Bern) was a Ukrainian writer, literary critic, and translator. He was highly c ...

James G
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Tho ...
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Sixth Ward (Atlanta)
Sixth Ward may refer to: Places *6th Ward of New Orleans, a ward of New Orleans *Sixth Ward, Houston, a neighborhood of Houston * Ward 6, St. Louis City, an aldermanic ward of St. Louis *Ward 6, one of the neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. *Ward 6, the name of several wards of Zimbabwe * Stittsville Ward, Ottawa (also known as Ward 6) Other uses *"Ward No. 6", a short story by Anton Chekhov :*''Ward Six ''Ward Six'' ( sh, Paviljon VI) is a 1978 Yugoslav drama film directed by Lucian Pintilie, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short story ''Ward No. 6''. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Sl ...

Lemuel P
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Georgia Railroad
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada United ...
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John Glen (mayor)
John Glen (1809–1895) was born in Laurens, South Carolina, and moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1826, where he worked as a clerk in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. He moved to Atlanta in 1850 to work for the Georgia Railroad, which he did for 41 years. He acted as mayor of that city, taking over when Allison Nelson suddenly resigned in 1855. After the American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ..., he moved to Kirkwood, which was nearer to his in-laws' properties. He married Eliza Shumate in the 1830s, and they had 10 children. References *http://www.julen.net/family/files/lucinda_shumate_cone_underwood.html Mayors of Atlanta 1809 births 1895 deaths People from Laurens, South Carolina 19th-century American politicians {{GeorgiaUS ...
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