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The Atlanta History Center is located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. It comprises a history museum, a research library and archives, two historic houses (including the Neel Reid designed Swan House) and a series of gardens all of which are located on 33 acres (13.4ha) of grounds. Since July 2004 it has also included the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum. [1] Buckhead (sometimes Buckhead Village and denoted on some signs as Buckhead Community) is a community, comprising several neighborhoods, forming roughly the northern one-fifth of Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Official website: http://www. ...
Neel Reid (1885 â February 26, 1926) was a prominant architect in Atlanta, Georgia in the early 20th century for his firm Hentz, Reid and Adler. ...
Part of a garden in Bristol, England A flower bed in the gardens of Bristol Zoo, England Checkered flower bed in Tours, France A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ...
A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square meters, commonly used for measuring land area. ...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: July 2004 in sports Deaths in July • 31 David B. Haight • 29 Francis Crick • 29 Nafisa Joseph • 23 Joe Cahill • 23 Mehmood • 23 Illinois Jacquet • 23 Carlos Paredes • 22 Sacha Distel • 21 Jerry Goldsmith • 21...
The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum is the former home of the author Margaret Mitchell situated in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Kenan Research library includes a reproduction of historian Franklin Garrett's office. Franklin Miller Garrett (September 25, 1906 – March 5, 2000) was the first and only official historian of Atlanta. ...
The history center has one of the most complete collection of military artifacts from the American Civil War period. Combatants Union (remaining U.S. states) Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincolnâ Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties KIA: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 94,000 Total dead: 258,000 Wounded: 137,000+ The...
External links
- Atlanta History Center website
| Atlanta landmarks Atlanta Botanical Garden | Atlanta Civic Center | Atlanta Cyclorama | Atlanta History Center | Atlanta Symphony Hall | Atlantic Station | Bobby Dodd Stadium | Centennial Olympic Park | Chattahoochee River | Clermont Lounge | CNN Center | Fernbank Museum of Natural History | Fernbank Science Center | Fox Theatre | Georgia Aquarium | Georgia Dome | Georgia Governor's Mansion | Georgia State Capitol | Georgia World Congress Center | Grant Park | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | High Museum of Art | Jimmy Carter Library and Museum | Lenox Square | Margaret Mitchell House & Museum | Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site | Oakland Cemetery | Philips Arena | Phipps Plaza | Piedmont Park | Stone Mountain | The Varsity | Turner Field | Underground Atlanta | Woodruff Arts Center | Woodruff Park | World of Coca-Cola | Zoo Atlanta Former: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | Coca-Cola Olympic City | Loew's Grand Theatre | Omni Coliseum | SciTrek | Rich's This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...
Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. ...
The Atlanta Botanical Garden is a 30-acre botanical garden located adjacent to Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In 2004, it hosted an extremely successful exhibition of glass art by Dale Chihuly which was extended twice; first through the end of October and then finally until December 31...
The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue in Atlanta, Georgia and was originally built as the citys convention center. ...
The Atlanta Cyclorama is a circular panoramic painting of the Battle of Atlanta. ...
Part of the old steel mill serves as a statue in central park Atlantic Station is a huge new urban renewal project nearing completion on the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta. ...
Bobby Dodd Stadium is the football stadium located on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Fountain of Rings Centennial Olympic Park is a 21 acre (85,000 m²) public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the mountains of northeast Georgia, southwestward by Atlanta and through its suburbs, then turns southward to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line. ...
The Clermont Lounge is Atlantas first and longest continually-operating strip club, opened in 1965. ...
The CNN Center is the world headquarters of the Cable News Network (CNN). ...
Fernbank Museum of Natural History The Fernbank Museum of Natural History offers many public programs meant to entertain as well as educate (see edutainment), promote an understanding of science and technology, and communicate to everyone the harmony and order of the natural world. ...
The Fernbank Science Center is a museum, classroom, and woodland complex located northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia is one of the grand movie palaces built in the United States in the 1920s. ...
Georgia Aquarium The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is billed as the worlds largest aquarium with more than 8 million US gallons (30,000 m³; 30,000,000 liters) of marine and fresh water, and more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species. ...
The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Georgia Governors Mansion The Governors Mansion is the official home of the Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ...
East side (back) of the The Georgia State Capitol The Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia is an architecturally and historically significant building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta, run by the state of Georgia. ...
Grant Park Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL) is located in the Atlanta, Georgia, USA metropolitan area, and is the busiest airport in the world both in terms of number of passengers as well as the number of takeoffs and landings, surpassing Chicagos OHare International Airport. ...
High Museum, Atlanta. ...
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia houses U.S. President Jimmy Carters papers and other material relating to the Carter administration and the Carter familys life. ...
Lenox Square, owned by the Simon Property Group, is a shopping mall located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum is the former home of the author Margaret Mitchell situated in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
Aerial map of Oakland Cemetery Oakland Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery, as well as one of the largest green spaces, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded as Atlanta Cemetery in 1850 on six acres (2. ...
The Philips Arena is a indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Phipps Plaza, owned by Simon Property Group, Lenox Squares upscale sister is an 821,000 square foot (76,000 m²) mall. ...
Piedmont Park Piedmont Parks Lake Clara Meer Image:AtlantaSpringPiedmontGazebo. ...
Stone Mountain The mountain top and Skyride This article is about the Stone Mountain in Georgia, USA. For other uses, see Stone Mountain (disambiguation). ...
The Varsity, located on North Avenue The Varsity on North Ave. ...
Turner Field is a baseball stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment complex in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Woodruff Arts Center is an arts center in the Midtown district of Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Woodruff Park, named for Robert W. Woodruff, is located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
World of Coca-Cola rotating logo (the other side says Coke}. The World of Coca-Cola is a permanent exhibition featuring the history of Coca-Cola and its well-known advertising. ...
Zoo Atlanta is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was a baseball and football stadium that formerly stood in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Loews Grand Theatre was a movie theater in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Omni Coliseum, usually called The Omni, was an indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
The Science & Technology Museum of Atlanta, usually known as SciTrek, was located in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
For the discount department store of New England see Richs Department Stores. ...
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