Ridgedale Park Lakeside-Kingsboro Neighborhood, Bounded by Norfolk Southern Railway, Oak Valley Road, Lakeside Drive, Pritchard Way, Eulalia Road & Kingsboro Road, Atlanta

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The boundary includes the residential area roughly bounded by the Norfolk Southern Railway to the southeast, Oak Valley Road and Lakeside Drive to the southwest, Pritchard Way and Eulalia Road to the northwest and Kingsboro Road to the northeast. All of the once contributing resources in the Lenox Road area have been demolished and rebuilt with several non-historic highrise office buildings and non-historic multi-family dwellings which are considered intrusions and have been excluded from the proposed district. Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates: Northing: Easting:

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The proposed Ridgedale Park Lakeside/Kingsboro Historic District is significant as an example of a to American suburban development. This area was originally considered to be in the country and was developed with the automobile in mind. The proposed district is located just off of Peachtree Street, Atlanta's major north-south corridor, and is in close proximity to Interstate 85 and Georgia Description: The Ridgedale Park Lakeside/Kingsboro Historic District is comprised of the Ridgedale Park neighborhood and the Lakeside/Kingsboro neighborhood, two continuous subdivisions sharing Roxboro Road as a common boundary. Both neighborhoods are recommended as one district as they have the feel of a single-\mifwith uniform setbacks, similar historic house styles and landscaping.

Kingsboro Road is also common to both neighborhoods. The district is comprised predominantly of Tudor, Colonial Revival and Minimal Traditional style houses. The first houses were constructed in with half of the area being completed by The remainder of the initial construction was complete by The houses vary between one, one and a half and two story structures. There are several non-contributing, non-historic infill houses in the area. These infill houses are scattered throughout both neighborhoods. The Ridgedale Park neighborhood remains intact. The Lakeside/Kingsboro neighborhood has been encroached upon both on and near Lenox Road by several highrise office buildings and multi- family dwellings with commercial structures interspersed.

RIDGED ALE PARK LAKESIDE/ KINGSBORO NEIGHBORHOOD HABS No. GA-2322 PAGE2 Historv: The proposed Ridgedale Park Lakeside/Kingsboro Historic District is significant as an example of a to American suburban development. This area was originally considered to be in the country and was developed with the automobile in mind. The proposed district. is located just off of Peachtree Street. Atlanta's major north-south corridor, and is in close proximity to Interstate 85 and Georgia The land was originally part of the McKenzie farm. Harold McKenzie was one of the original builders in the proposed district. He constructed many of the homes in the proposed district and named some of the streets after members of his family. Eulalia Road and Cantrell Road were named in honor of his mother.

Eulalia Cantrell McKenzie. Some notable local families, who were original residents of the neighborhood, were the Read family of Read Wholesale Food Business and the Dinkins Family of Dinkins Hardware. At one time Franklin Garrett, a prominent local historian at the Atlanta History Center, resided on Roxboro Road. His home was demolished to make way for the MARTA rail line. The name of Roxboro Road came from Dr. T. S. Powell. Dr. Powell bought some land in the along the present day Roxboro Road near where the Norfolk Southern Railroad and MARTA lines cross Roxboro Road. He built a sanitarium on the land and named it Roxboro. hence the name Roxboro Road.

The Lakeside/Kingsboro portion of this proposed National Register district has been encroached upon both on and near Lenox Road by several highrise office buildings and multi-family dwellings with commercial structures interspersed. The construction of Lenox Mall in was a catalyst for these types of developments in the area. All of the once contributing resources in the Lenox Road area have been demolished.

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Franklin Garrett, former neighborhood resident and Atlanta historian, personal intervie\v. Garrett, Franklin M. "Atlanta and En\'irons. A Chronicle of Its People and Events." Volume II. University of Georgia Press. Sanborne Maps, Volume 6. page September Peg Walker. neighborhood resident. telephone interview, RIDGEDALE PARK LAKESIDE/ KINGSBORO NEIGHBORHOOD HABS No. GA-2322 PAGE3 Atlanta History Center. library research - Ridgedale Park neighborhood file. Lakeside/ Kingsboro neighborhood file. Mary Hayes, neighborhood resident. telephone interview, Al Weatherly, former neighborhood resident, telephone interview, Karen Huebner. Atlanta Urban Design Commission, telephone interview, City of Atlanta, Bureau of Buildings. Bureau of Planning - maps of Atlanta.

Fulton County Tax and Property Record Room - property record cards. The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, Homefinder Section, pages 6 - 7, December IO.

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