Middle-Class Dwelling - Auburn Ave - Atlanta, GA
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N 33° 45.323 W 084° 22.276
16S E 743484 N 3738138
Queen Anne architectural style house at 497 Auburn Ave in Atlanta, GA.
Waymark Code: WMMWCM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2014
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Middle-Class Dwelling
497 Auburn Ave
Note the stained glass windows on the first floor, the decorative shingles and woodwork on the end of the gable, and the irregular shaped roof. Look for these and other Queen Anne architectural features – ornamental moldings and spindles – on many of the dwellings in the neighborhood. These gingerbread flourishes became popular during the Victorian era in the late 1800s.
Whites built in first occupied this house in many others in the neighborhood. After the 1906 race riot, educated, middle-class blacks began settling here, and by 1910 the area was predominantly black.
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Turned post with decorative brackets are a common detail on porches in the neighborhood.
Decorative scrollwork (far right) replaces the central opening in the bay window at 522 Auburn Ave.
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