Ansley Park is an
intown residential district in
Atlanta, Georgia
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, located just east of
Midtown and west of
Piedmont Park
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. When developed in 1905-1908, it was the first Atlanta suburban neighborhood designed for automobiles,
featuring wide, winding roads rather than the grid pattern typical of older
streetcar suburb
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s. Streets were planned like parkways with extensive landscaping, while Winn Park and McClatchey Park are themselves long and narrow, extending deep into the neighborhood.
Ansley Golf Club borders the district. The neighborhood was largely completed by 1930 and covers . It has been designated a Historic District on the
National Register of Historic Places
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. In 2008, the median household income for the neighborhood was $226,335. To the immediate east of the golf course is the
Eastside Trail interim hiking trail, part of the
BeltLine ring of parks and trails around the central city.
History
The area was developed by rail and real estate magnate
Edwin P. Ansley, while
George W. Adair, Jr. and
Forrest Adair marketed the lots. It was marketed as an alternative for the city's elite to
Inman Park, the most fashionable residential neighborhood in the city at the time. It was more fashionably located, astride Peachtree Street and adjacent to the city's largest public park. With Edwin Ansley's former residence serving as
the governor's mansion and the Piedmont Driving Club adjacent, the area remained upscale until the 1960s when a slight decline was experienced with some residences turning into boarding houses. However, residents turned this decline around and the area never experienced the deep decline in the 1950s-1960s due to suburbanization, as neighborhoods like Inman Park did.
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Historic district
Contributing properties in the Historic District include:
* First Church of Christ, Scientist
Education
Ansley Park residents are zoned to schools in the Atlanta Public Schools.
Zoned schools include:
*Morningside Elementary School
* Inman Middle School
* Midtown High School
Notable people
* Charles Brewer, founder of MindSpring
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*Tom Gugliotta
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, former NBA player
* Al Horford, member of the Atlanta Hawks, and wife Amelia Vega
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* Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker,
and Nerf Guns
*
Hannah Salwen and
Kevin Salwen, authors of ''
The Power of Half''
*
Elbert Tuttle, federal judge who played a prominent role in civil rights cases
References
External links
Ansley Park Civic Association
Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary
{{Historic Districts in Metro Atlanta
Neighborhoods in Atlanta
Historic districts in Metro Atlanta
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta