Ansley Park Real Estate
Posted by Ben Hirsh on Sunday, October 12th, 2008 at 1:48pm.
Ansley Park's favorite home is Rhodes Hall, built in 1904, Rhodes Hall has been an Atlanta landmark for generations. Rhodes Hall sits in Ansley Park, just adding to the history and architecture of this popular neighborhood. It was built for the furniture magnate Amos Giles Rhodes, founder of the Atlanta-based Rhodes Furniture. While it was the original residence of Amos Rhodes, today it is a house museum and one of the most unique spots for social and corporate events in Ansley Park.
The upper floors of Rhodes Hall are also headquarters for The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. You are welcome to take a tour of the house and learn more about its history, or find out more about the many events at Rhodes Hall, or even enquire how Rhodes Hall can host your event whether its corporate or personal.
This Romanesque Revival building was inspired by the architecture of the Rhineland castles that Rhodes fell in love with on a trip around Europe in the late 1890s.
Architect Willis F. Denny II designed this unique home, incorporating medieval Romanesque and Victorian designs as well as necessary adaptations for an early 20th-century home.
Known as Le Rêve or "The Dream", Rhodes Hall is one of the finest intact buildings of late Victorian architectural design that Atlanta has to offer. The grandest feature of the interior is a magnificent series of stained glass windows that rise above a hand carved mahogany staircase.
The house cost Amos Rhodes $50,000 to build in 1904 complete with electricity. Rhodes Hall is a prime example of the new technology the Atlanta people were fascinated by at the turn of the century. Over 300 light bulbs light the whole house. The house also has electric call buttons in most rooms as well as an electric security system. The mahogany used to build this home was from the West Indies and the exterior granite was brought over in 500-pound (227kg) blocks in wagons from Stone Mountain, located about 25 miles or 40 kilometers east of Atlanta.
Rhodes Hall has survived damage due to careful preservation and restoration efforts. After the death of Rhodes and his wife, their children gave the house to the state of Georgia, with a restriction that it can only be used for "historic purposes".
Today, the home is used as a house museum and the offices of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. From 1984 to 1992, it was also a haunted house attraction every year for Halloween, before the renovation.
Ansley Park's wide roads and lawns make it feel like a park itself with several parks dotingt the area. In addition to its large historic homes, Ansley Park features apartment buildings constructed early in the 20th century, where most have now been converted to modern condos.
The Ansley Golf Club adds to the neighborhood's green assets. Sandwiched between Monroe Drive and Peachtree Street, Ansley Park is home to the High Museum of Art at Peachtree and 16th streets. The gateway to Atlanta's new Atlantic Station district, 17th Street, begins in Ansley Park.
Ansley Park real estate offers a variety of homes and investment properties to suit your requirements. Ben Hirsh and his team of real estate experts, have a wealth of knowledge of the Ansley Park real estate market and what it has to offer in terms of future investment and residential living. Rhodes Hall is just one special attraction of Ansley Park we are proud to own. Fitting in with the period of this wonderful building we can offer homes of Architectural similarities alongside modern eclectic.
My team and I at The Ben Hirsh Real Estate group hold a confident premier position in the Ansley Park Real Estate market due to our indepth knowledge, client services, and solid financial advice. Our experience has proved our worth and we are proud to be where we are today as a top real estate agent in the Ansley Park real estate market.
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