North Buckhead

North Buckhead is a neighborhood in the Buckhead Community, at the northern edge of the city of Atlanta, Georgia and is one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods.^[1]

It is bounded by:^[2]

• Roswell Road and the East Chastain Park neighborhood on the west
• the city of Sandy Springs on the north
• Peachtree-Dunwoody Road the Brookhaven neighborhood of the city of Atlanta on the east
• the neighborhoods of Buckhead Forest, Lenox, and Peachtree Park on the south

History

The area contains Lakemoore (still standing on Emma Drive), the home of Wiley L. Moore (b. 1888), president of the Wofford Oil Company of Georgia.^[3]

The area became part of the city of Atlanta in 1950 and suburban development took place subsequently.^[4]

The Wieuca Inn stood where the Roswell-Wieuca shopping center now stands and was torn down in 1955.^[4]

Government

North Buckhead is part of NPU B.

External Links

• North Buckhead Civic Association

References

1. ^ "Route 400 / Glenridge Conn", Neighborhood Scout
2. ^ NPU B map, City of Atlanta
3. ^ "Lakemoore", North Buckhead Civic Association
4. ^ ^{a b} Louie Mayeux, "North BUckhead looks to area's past", North Buckhead Patch