By 1881, she was able to save enough money to buy a modest $1,600 house on Wheat Street (now Auburn Avenue), making her one of Atlanta’s first Black landowners. In the late 1800s, with the ...
Bring the family, especially young kids, to the Atlanta History Center, a mainstay for tourists since 1990. The 33-acre campus, located in the heart of Buckhead, offers Atlanta visitors and natives ...