Piedmont Park Apartments

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Piedmont Park Apartments
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Location266 11th St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates 33°46′58″N84°22′43″W / 33.78273°N 84.37854°W / 33.78273; -84.37854 Coordinates: 33°46′58″N84°22′43″W / 33.78273°N 84.37854°W / 33.78273; -84.37854
Built1911
Architect Leila Ross Wilburn
Architectural style Craftsman
NRHP reference No. 03001104 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 28, 2003

The Piedmont Park Apartments (known today as Wilburn House condominiums) in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia was built in 1911 and was designed by Leila Ross Wilburn, Georgia's first female architect.

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The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 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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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.