- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- The Mansion Restaurant
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Norrman, Gottfried Leonard, -1909
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924
Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891 - Date of Original:
- 1998
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Fulton County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Fulton County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Fulton County
Architecture, Queen Anne
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color slides
historic houses
queen anne style
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Swedish émigré Gottfried L. Norrman (1846-1909) designed this 1883 mansion. The city of Atlanta designated it a "landmark building" in 1989. According to the city's description of the property, the Edward C. Peters House is located on a wooded block between downtown Atlanta and the new skyscrapers at Midtown, "where it stands as one of the finest and earliest surviving examples of domestic architecture from Atlanta's post-Civil War period." Evidence that the Peters House is a landmark of one of the most fertile periods in Atlanta history is pronounced, as is tying Atlanta more closely to the "New South" than the "Old South." Established as a railroad terminus (named Marthasville) only 24 years before the outbreak of the Civil War, the city of Atlanta developed into a prosperous transportation and economic center within the "King Cotton" economy. At the end of the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman's burning of the city in November of 1864 necessitated the complete rebuilding of the business district during Reconstruction. This was accomplished by returning former citizens, like the Peters family, whose house stands as a landmark of this vigorous era. The Edward C. Peters House is an exceptionally well-preserved two and one-half story red brick mansion. Stylistically, its 1883 design by Gottfried L. Norrman is high Victorian Queen Anne with elements that strongly relate it to the "s shingle style" that was popularized by John C. Stevens (1855-1940) in the eastern United States during this period. A recent study of Norrman's career reveals that he was not only an important local architect but that his work is of some significance to the general American development of this period. His late work indicates his knowledge of progressive forms and ideas stemming from Chicago School architects such as John Wellborn Root and Louis Sullivan. Variant names include: The Mansion Restaurant, Ivy Hall, Edward C. Peters House. See ref# 72000384 (Peters, Edward C., House) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_439
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_439#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_439/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
