The Piedmont Park Apartments (known today as Wilburn House condominiums) in

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was built in 1911 and was designed by

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, Georgia's first female architect. The building is listed on the

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, and is also designated as a historic building by the City of Atlanta.

Construction

The building was designed by Wilburn in the Craftsman style popular in the early 1900s.

History

The apartments were generally middle-class in nature and remained that way from first occupancy through the 1990s. In 2000, the building was restored and sold as condominiums along with two new neighboring buildings, all comprising the newly named three-building Wilburn House condominiums.

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