Swan House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Swan House
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location= Atlanta, Georgia
lat_degrees = 33
lat_minutes = 50
lat_seconds = 25
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 23
long_seconds = 17
long_direction = W
locmapin = USA Georgia
area =
built =1928
architect= Schutze,Philip T.
architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
added = September 13, 1977cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=77000434

Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman in Atlanta, Georgia. The Inmans had accumulated wealth from cotton brokerage and investments on transportation, banking and real estate. After their house in Ansley Park burned in 1924, the Inmans commissioned the Altanta architectural firm of Hentz, Reid and Adler to design a new house in on 28 acres in Buckhead, a northern Atlanta neighborhood. The new mansion's design was executed by Philip Trammell Shutze, combining Renaissance revival styles with a Classical approach on the main facade. The rear facade is less formal, and is sited at the top of a small hill with terraced gardens and a fountain cascading down the hillside. A recurring motif are sculpted or painted swans throughout the house and grounds. [cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/swa.htm|date=2008-10-07|work= Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary|title= Swan House|publisher=National Park Service]

Edward Inman died in 1931, but Emily collected her family into the house and lived there until 1965. The house and grounds were acquired by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1966. The house is maintained as a museum, with many of the Inmans' original furnishings. [cite web|url=http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/template.cfm?cid=792|date=2008-10-07|work= Historic Houses|title= Swan House|publisher=Atlanta Historical Society]

ee also

*Tullie Smith House on the grounds of Swan House

References

External links

* [http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/template.cfm?cid=792 Swan House] at Atlanta Historical Society
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/swa.htm Swan House] , National Park Service Atlanta
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ga0415 Swan House, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA: 3 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page] , at Historic American Building Survey