United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Teaching Resources Films1971The Crescent Apartments at 979 Crescent Avenue in Atlanta, located on the eastside between Peachtree Place and 10th Street. Apartment 1 was the residence of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.View of the Crescent Apartments located at 979 Crescent Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.dump, residence, Gone with the Wind, home, The DumpThe building now known as the Margaret Mitchell House was constructed as a single-family residence in 1889. In 1919, it was converted into a ten-unit apartment building, known as Crescent Apartments. From 1925 to 1932, Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh lived in apartment number one, where she wrote the majority of her novel Gone With The Wind. The building was later known as the Windsor House Apartments. The house was declared a city landmark in 1989, becoming the first building in the city to achieve this status. In 1994 and again in 1996, arsonists set fire to the house. It was subsequently restored and now operates as a museum.image/jpegVIS 170.698.001ahc170698001a.jpgAtlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Atlanta History Photograph CollectionDwellings--Georgia--AtlantaBuildings--Atlanta--GeorgiaApartments--Georgia--AtlantaArchitectural elements--Georgia--AtlantaCrescent Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.)Margaret Mitchell HouseStillImage