Meadow Nook

Meadow Nook aka Robert A. Alston House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

As seen from Alston Drive
Location	2420 Alston Dr., SE, Atlanta, Georgia
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1856
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	88001174^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 14th, 2004

Meadow Nook is an antebellum house in Atlanta, Georgia. It is located at 2420 Alston Drive in the East Lake neighborhood, in DeKalb County. It is one of only three antebellum houses still standing in their original locations within the city limits.

Meadow Nook was the country home of Colonel Robert A. Alston, who was shot to death at the Georgia State Capitol in 1879, in a dispute over the lease of convicts for labor.^[2]

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
↑ New York Times, May 1, 1879

Atlanta Historical Society. Atlanta historical journal, Volumes 24-25, pp. 27, 31
William R. Mitchell Classic Atlanta, p.56 (mistakenly calls it "Meadownook")
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