Brookhaven Historic District
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Marker Inscription
Brookhaven Historic District. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Historic Brookhaven is the first planned golf club community in Georgia, having been built around the Capital City County Club between 1910 and 1940.
The Story
Laid out between 1910 and 1940 around the Capital City Country Club, Historic Brookhaven was Georgia's first planned golf-club community, a leafy enclave of grand homes on Atlanta's north side. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it reflects the early-twentieth-century vogue for suburbs designed around recreation and greenery.
Why it matters
Brookhaven marks the birth of the American country-club suburb, a pattern of leisure-centered living that would reshape how, and where, the well-to-do built their neighborhoods.
Plan your visit
NearbyMake a day of it â museums, food, and places to stay near this marker.
Museums & culture
- William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum5.3 mi away ¡ 1440 Spring Street Northwest, Atlanta
- Center for Puppetry Arts5.4 mi away ¡ 1404 Spring Street Northwest, Atlanta
- Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)5.4 mi away ¡ 1315 Peachtree Street Northeast
- High Museum of Art5.5 mi away ¡ 1280 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA
- Woodruff Arts Center5.5 mi away ¡ 1280 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA
- Atlanta Monetary Museum5.9 mi away ¡ 1000 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA
Attractions
- Hispanic Latin America Shopping Mall2.4 mi away
- Trail Sign - Great Blue Heron2.8 mi away
- Trail Sign - Grasshopper2.8 mi away
- Trail Sign - Monarch Butterfly2.8 mi away
- Trail Sign - Pillbug2.9 mi away
- Trail Sign - Lizard2.9 mi away
Food & drink
- Condesa Coffee7.2 mi away ¡ 480 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue Northeast
- Bird & Batter7.2 mi away
- LottaFrutta7.5 mi away
- Clues and Cocktails7.6 mi away
- Thelma's Kitchen7.6 mi away
- Ammazza7.6 mi away ¡ 591 Edgewood Avenue Southeast, Atlanta
Places to stay
- Wylie Hotel Atlanta, Tapestry Collection by Hilton6.3 mi away ¡ 551 Ponce de Leon Avenue Northeast, Atlanta
- The Darwin Hotel6.5 mi away
- Sonder Midtown South6.8 mi away ¡ 126 Renaissance Parkway Northeast, Atlanta
- Staybridge Suites Atlanta - Midtown6.8 mi away ¡ 23 Linden Avenue Northwest, Atlanta, GA
- Twelve Downtown, Autograph Collection7.1 mi away ¡ 400 West Peachtree Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA
- JW Marriott7.1 mi away ¡ 45 Ivan Allen Junior Boulevard, Atlanta, GA
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