Mimosa Hall (Roswell, Georgia)

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Mimosa Hall
Historic American Buildings Survey L. D. Andrew, Photographer Aug. 6, 1936 FRONT ELEVATION FROM S. E. - Mimosa Hall, Roswell, Fulton County, GA HABS GA,61-ROSW,3-2.tif
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Location127 Bulloch Ave, Roswell, Georgia
Coordinates 34°00′58″N84°21′57″W / 34.0160°N 84.3658°W / 34.0160; -84.3658
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1841
Architectural style Greek Revival
Part of Roswell Historic District (ID74000682)
Designated CPMay 27, 1971

Mimosa Hall is a Greek Revival mansion in Roswell, Georgia, built in 1841. It is one of several historically significant buildings in the city and is a contributing property of the Roswell Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

The antebellum mansion sits on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) estate originally built in 1841 for John Dunwoody, one of the shareholders in the Roswell Manufacturing Company. Andrew J. Hansell purchased the home in 1869 from George H. Camp and named the home after the mimosa trees on the property. [1] Mrs. Barrington King purchased the house in 1898. [2]

Architect Neel Reid purchased the home in 1916, reconstituted the courtyard and gardens, designed the fieldstone driveway, converted the twin parlors into a large drawing room, and added modern plumbing, electricity and a furnace. [3] Reid bought the front door from an old house on lower Fifth Avenue in New York City that was home to the first Bishop of New York and installed at Mimosa Hall. [2] After Reid's death in 1926, his family retained ownership until 1937. [4]

The house was purchased by Granger Hansell, great-grandson of Andrew J. Hansell, in 1947. [5] In July 2016, the nine-acre (3.6 ha) estate was listed for sale with an asking price of $7,900,000 (~$9.49 million in 2022) and included a swimming pool, a 19th-century grist mill refashioned into a barn, and twenty-one acres (8.5 ha) of adjoining woods. [6] The home and surrounding nine acres (3.6 ha) was listed at $3.85 million. [1] The City of Roswell purchased the nine-acre (3.6 ha) Mimosa Hall property in 2017 for $2,950,000 from then-owner Sally Hansell utilizing financing from a 10-year Georgia Municipal Association installment loan. [3] [7] After purchasing the estate, the City spent $300,000 for structural analysis, tree assessments, fireplace repairs and a solar roof. [7] The City opened the house in 2021 as a special events facility available for public rental. [8]

An 1841 fire damaged the original wooden walls and brick was used to rebuild them in 1846. The home contains four bedrooms and four bathrooms and is 6,308 square feet in size [9] The interior contains three rare panels painted in 1881. One of the panels depicts the Three Graces - Cupid, Psyche and Venus. [5]

The estate grounds contain many different species of trees including Osage orange, deciduous oriental magnolia and yellowwood., [5] with 14 of the original 15 gardens still intact with features including a cutting garden, a rose garden, a weeping tree garden, a sunken garden, and a reflecting pool and garden. [9]

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  1. 1 2 Ariella Phillips (December 1, 2016). "Improvements needed to fully open Roswell's Mimosa Hall". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, and Neel Reid. Mimosa Hall, Roswell, Fulton County, GA: Photos from Survey HABS GA-1102. Library of Congress . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  3. 1 2 David Ibata (June 14, 2017). "Roswell OKs $2.95M purchase of Mimosa Hall". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  4. "Places in Peril: Mimosa Hall". Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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  7. 1 2 Adrianne Murchison (March 5, 2020). "Improvements needed to fully open Roswell's Mimosa Hall". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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