Burns Club Atlanta

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name = Burns Cottage
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location = Atlanta, GA
lat_degrees = 33 | lat_minutes = 43 | lat_seconds = 36.9 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84 | long_minutes = 21 | long_seconds = 19.86 | long_direction = W
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built = 1911
architect = Morgan, Thomas H.; McWhirter, Robert M.
added = December 1, 1983
governing_body = Private
refnum = 83003572cite web
url = http://www.nr.nps.gov/
title = National Register Information System
date = 2007-01-23
work = National Register of Historic Places
publisher = National Park Service]

The Burns Club of Atlanta was founded in 1896 and is housed in an exact replica of Robert Burns' home. As early as the 1870s, Burns admirers in Atlanta had been meeting in private homes to celebrate the birthday of the Scottish poet. The club was officially formed on January 25, 1896, and plans for the house began shortly thereafter. Among the founders of the club was Joseph Jacobs, the Atlanta drug-store owner at whose store Coca-Cola was first carbonated. The list of famous guests includes Margaret Mitchell and Harry Lauder. The club meets on the first Wednesday of each month, with special festivities, of course, on Burns's birthday.

The building, (built in 1910 by architects Robert McWhirter and Thomas Morgan) is located just south of the East Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta, on Alloway Place. The house is a close replica of Burns' cottage in Alloway, Scotland; however, the Burns House has added a small modern kitchen, restrooms, and porch to the rear of the house, and an assembly room takes the place of the original barn. The building, which was redesigned in 1969 to improve the resemblance to the original, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.

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* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/ Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]