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Swan House Gardens, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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Swan House Gardens, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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Summary

See also HABS GA-2111 for additional information.
2012 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry
Significance: The Swan House was designed and built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman, a couple from Atlanta, Georgia, who had built their fortune from the cotton brokerage and various other investments. Philip Trammel Shutze, a preeminent architect among wealthy Atlantans in the early 20th century, designed the Swan House and surrounding gardens. The Swan House is the best remaining example of Shutze's major residential commissions in Atlanta.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N45
Survey number: HALS GA-2
Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1996 Subsequent Work

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1996
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Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
Shutze, Philip Trammell
Atlanta History Center
Arzola, Robert R, program manager
Gordon, Judy, sponsor
Boyer, James, field team
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, sponsor
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