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Encyclopedia > Kirkwood (Atlanta)

Kirkwood is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia. It is situated entirely in the DeKalb County and near Lake Claire, East Lake, and Oakhurst. Kirkwood is bounded on the north by DeKalb Avenue and on the south by Memorial Drive. A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb  - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ... DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lake Claire is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia (33° 45′ 54″ N 84° 19′ 31″ W) of approximately 1200 homes. ... Oakhurst is an eclectic neighborhood in the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Decatur. ...

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History

Kirkwood was named for Irish-born James H. Kirkpatrick (1778–1853) who arrived in the area from Morgan County, Georgia in 1827. It initially was developed during the 1870s as an Atlanta suburb, was incorporated in 1899 and was annexed by the City of Atlanta in 1922.[1] During the early part of the last century, streetcars ferried Kirkwood commuters into Atlanta. Morgan County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ...


"Kirkwood traces its beginnings to residential development begun as early as the 1870s. While no one would consider Kirkwood a suburb of Atlanta today, an early tour book described it as an “area of beautiful suburban villas.” Kirkwood was an early streetcar suburb to Atlanta. By 1910 streetcars provided express service to and from Atlanta three times daily, and street cars continued service along some streets including Kirkwood Road until the early 1950’s.


Kirkwood was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1899. Governed beginning in 1899 by its own city council and mayor, the town boasted its own water system, school systems and fire department. The former Kirkwood School is a handsome building from this period, located on Kirkwood Road just north of Bessie Branham Park. Individually nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, the primary building on the property’s south side was originally designed by John Francis Downing, the son of the noted Atlanta architect W. T. Downing. Both buildings now comprise the Kirkwood Lofts apartments as a result of a $1 million renovation in 1997.


In 1922, Kirkwood residents voted for annexation into the city of Atlanta.


Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing into the 1960s, Kirkwood experienced a transition from an almost all-white community to an almost all-black community. Up until 1965 as the racial composition of the community changed, black citizens made up an increasingly large percentage of the community’s populations. Unfortunately they were denied the opportunity to attend the white, segregated Kirkwood School; and as a result of community pressure the Atlanta School Board in 1965 abruptly integrated Kirkwood School The school board declared the previous phased-in, grade-by-grade attempt at integration a failure.


Beginning in the 1980s, the neighborhood began to witness another influx of new residents interested in renovating the neighborhood’s stock of historic housing. Still underway, this influx of the middle-class brought with it a whole host of new issues. Some of the issues dealt with gentrification and the clash of people with different social, racial, and economic histories living together in one community.


While rich in history, Kirkwood’s rise, then its fall into decline, and its recent arrival again as a neighborhood attractive to middle and upper-middle income homeowners illustrate just how economic, racial, and social forces have shaped this historic inner-city community and many others like it."#REDIRECThttp://www.historic-kirkwood.com/


Architecture

Historic Kirkwood hosts a large stock of Victorian and Craftsman style homes along with new homes in traditional styles. Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... Craftsman-style bungalow in San Diego, California The American Craftsman Style or the American Arts and Crafts Movement is an American domestic architectural and interior design style popular from the 1900s to the early 1930s. ...


References

  1. ^ Kenneth K. Krakow, Georgia Place-names:Their History and Origins, p.126, 3rd Ed., 1975, Winship Press (Macon, Georgia)

External links

  • Kirkwood Neighbors' Organization

 

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