Herndon Home

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Herndon Home
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location: 587 University Place, NW, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates: 33°45′29″N 84°24′25″W / 33.75806, -84.40694Coordinates: 33°45′29″N 84°24′25″W / 33.75806, -84.40694
Built/Founded: 1910
Architect: Adrienne McNeil Herndon
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival
Designated as NHL: February 16, 2000[1]
Added to NRHP: February 16, 2000[2]
NRHP Reference#: 00000261
Governing body: Private

Herndon Home was the Atlanta, Georgia mansion home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon, a rags-to-riches hero who was born into slavery, but went on to become Atlanta's first black millionaire. He founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company.

Built in 1910 and located at 587 University Place NW in the Vine City neighborhood, it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.[1][3] It had previously been declared a "landmark building exterior" by the city of Atlanta in 1989.[4]

The vacant Herndon Building on Auburn Avenue, where Alonzo built his business, was already in very poor condition and was seriously damaged in the 2008 Atlanta tornado (which also passed very close to the home). It was demolished in late April 2008.[5]

The Herndon Building was one of three contributing properties in the Sweet Auburn Historic District associated with the life of Alonzo Herndon. The Atlanta Life Insurance Company (try Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building) and the Rucker Building are the other two.[3](NRHP p.25.)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Herndon Home. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ a b Frank J. J. Miele, John Sprinkle, and Patti Henry (November, 1999), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Herndon HomePDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 6 photos, of Herndon and family and of exterior and interior of mansion, from c.1910, c. 1915, 1998PDF (32 KB)
  4. ^ Herndon Home, at City of Atlanta
  5. ^ Jim Auchmutey (2008-04-21). Landmark a victim of tornado. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.

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