Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Buckhead Heritage Society’s 175th Anniversary Celebration, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” will have some 400 attendants.
The Buckhead Heritage Society will celebrate 175 years with an exhibit and large-scale event held at the Buckhead Theatre on Friday night. Buckhead Heritage Society’s 175th Anniversary Celebration, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” will have some 400 attendants who will be able to nosh on food from some of Buckhead’s best restaurants while enjoying live music. The event, which lasts from 7 to 11 p.m., is being co-sponsored by the Buckhead Business Association. Two of Buckhead’s legendary leaders– former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell and Aaron’s founder and Buckhead Theatre owner Charlie Loudermilk– will be honored on Friday night. The organization compiled photos from various public institutions to create the “Buckhead: Our Story” exhibit, …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The organization has several events planned to celebrate the momentous anniversary.
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Tuesday, January 29
In 1838, for just $650, Henry Irby purchased 202 ½ acres surrounding the present intersection of Peachtree, Roswell, and West Paces Ferry roads. He soon established a general store at the junction and a small crossroads community was born. This year, Buckhead Heritage and the Buckhead Business Association will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the community with an evening party at the Buckhead Theatre, which stands at the historic hub of this once far-flung, rural settlement. Guests at the event will enjoy drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and great music from the band Atlanta Allstars. A photographic retrospective of Buckhead’s history will also educate, entertain, and encourage guests to share their own memories of this …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The architects were also helping provide a more precise cost estimate for moving the historic home and for rehabilitating it.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
If you passed the historic Randolph-Lucas Mansion on Monday, you saw several people buzzing about the home dwarfed by the yellow condos behind it. The Buckhead Heritage Society has offered the home, built in 1924, for free to anyone willing to pay the costs to move the home, which initially was estimated to cost $350,000. The 2500 Peachtree Condominium Association had planned to demolish the mansion, which sits on their property, because they said the building was unsafe. However, a building inspection deemed the house structurally sound. Several of the people at the Randolph-Lucas House in their hard hats and with their measuring tape Monday were architects documenting the home for archival purposes, Erica Danylchak of the Buckhead …
Monday, October 29, 2012
The historic home will be safe at least for the next four months, and the Buckhead Heritage Society hopes it will be moved by then.
The historic Randolph-Lucas Mansion, which sits in front of a condominium complex at 2500 Peachtree Road, will be saved, at least for another 120 days. On Tuesday, the Buckhead Heritage Society signed an agreement with the condo association for the four-month reprieve, which prevents the 1920s-era home to be torn down during that period. The Buckhead Heritage Society is hoping to save the home in that time. The condo association planned to retrieve its permit that following day, to demolish the mansion, so the agreement comes just in time, according to WXIA-TV 11 Alive. The house, which is about 2,700 square feet, is free to anyone who will pay the roughly $350,000 moving cost. Wright Mitchell, president of the Buckhead Heritage Society, …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
At Tuesday's NPU-B meeting, concerned residents and committee members voiced their non-binding opinion to deny the condo association's appeal to demolish the historic structure.
Concerned Buckhead residents packed out a meeting room in the Hyland Center at Cathedral Christ the King Church on Tuesday night to fight the possible demolition of the Randolph-Lucas House on Peachtree Road. The "Comments Only" hearing was part of the NPU-B Zoning Committee's monthly meeting. Attorney Hakim Hilliard of McKenna, Long & Aldridge was speaking on behalf of the Condo Association at 2500 Peachtree Street and told the zoning committee and those in attendance that his client has every intention of demolishing the historic home. However, they would prefer it be done on the grounds that it is an unsafe building, he said. "The condo association intends to demolish this structure," Hilliard said. "We want to do it now because our …
Monday, June 4, 2012
The 2500 Peachtree Condominium Association has applied for a demolition permit from the City of Atlanta Office of Buildings for the historic Randolph-Lucas House.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Located at the intersection of Peachtree Road and Lindbergh Drive, the Randolph-Lucas House is an elegant Georgian style building that was designed by P. Thornton Marye in 1924. Historical significance aside, the 2500 Peachtree Condominium Association has applied for a demolition permit from the City of Atlanta Office of Buildings to demolish the Randolph-Lucas House. The Condo Association claims that the building is unsafe and is an imminent threat to public safety. However, the Office of Buildings concluded upon inspection that the building is structurally sound and not in a condition that endangers the public. Because of its findings, the Office of Buildings has informed the applicant that the Atlanta Urban Design Commission must review…
Monday, May 14, 2012
Buckhead Heritage Society is looking for anyone with information related to North Buckhead specifically.
When it comes to history in the Buckhead area, North Buckhead is a bit of a question mark, according to Erica Danylchak, Executive Director of Buckhead Heritage Society. Danylchak spoke at the recent Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods meeting to to ask for their help in filling in some of that missing history. While working with Livible Buckhead on their green space action plan, Danylchak said that the Heritage Society realized there was an opportunity to do something interesting with preserving the rich Buckhead community history. While they have found interesting factoids and stories about Buckhead overall, history on North Buckhead is sorely lacking. "There are large swaths of District 7 that have no history," Danylchak said, pointing to…
Over 200 people attended the Art Auction at the Millenium Gate History Museum near Atlantic Station last Saturday. Below are a selection of the works, each of which represented the crash in their own way.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Lecture and film screening about the tragic Orly plane crash being held today; art exhibit and auction tomorrow.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Nearly 50 years ago, a plane crash in Paris devastated Atlanta, taking the lives of many of the city's most ardent supporters of the arts. June 3 marks the 50th anniversary of the crash, and The Buckhead Heritage Society has planned commemorations today and tomorrow of those who were lost, and a tribute to the city's renewed support for the arts. The Buckhead Heritage Society will host a lecture today, May 11, at 6:30 p.m. by Ann Uhry Abrams, author of Explosion at Orly: The Disaster that Transformed Atlanta, and Chris Moser, the producer of the 2001 GPB documentary film,The Day Atlanta Stood Still. The event will also include the screening of the film and be held at the Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road NW. Tickets are $5 for …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Patch is giving away two pairs of tickets to this month's art auction and private reception at the Millennium Gate Georgia History Museum to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Orly air crash.
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Friday, May 4, 2012
UPDATE: This contest is now closed and we're in the process of notifying the winners. More info coming... On Saturday May 12, the Buckhead Heritage Society, in partnership with the Millennium Gate Georgia History Museum in Midtown, will bring to life the story of the Orly tragedy through the works of several nationally and regionally renowned artists. The artists have contributed original works interpreting the Orly air crash and its transformative effects on the cultural scene of Atlanta. The art exhibit will be free and open to the public from noon until 5 p.m. It will be followed by a private cocktail reception and art auction beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets for the private reception and art auction are $25 for Buckhead Heritage members and…
Boyd Leake
10:04 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Very glad to see the activity as I passed by yesterday. Let's hope this a positive step toward saving this great house. more ›