Historic Brookwood Atlanta

Brookwood Area History

Brookwood has been an Atlanta institution since the late 19th century, when prominent Atlanta hotel owner Joseph Thompson built a country estate named Brookwood near the corner of 28th and Peachtree Street. The neighborhood lies in an area where fighting was heavy during the Civil War's 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek, which began near the present-day intersection of Peachtree and Brighton roads. The area was forests and fields then, stretching along unpaved Peachtree Road between Atlanta and Buckhead.

Soon after the turn of the century, developers B.F. Burdett and E.F. Chambless began developing the Brookwood Hills neighborhood.

Throughout the year, some of Atlanta's most prominent architects—including Neel Reid, Burge and Stevens, Ivy and Crook, Alger and Vinour, Pringle and Smith, and H.W. Nichole—have designed homes in Brookwood.

The oldest section of the neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s, and was designated an Atlanta Conservation District in 1994.


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	Brookwood Area History Brookwood has been an Atlanta institution since the late 19th century, when prominent Atlanta hotel owner Joseph Thompson built a country estate named Brookwood near the corner of 28th and Peachtree Street. The neighborhood lies in an area where fighting was heavy during the Civil War's 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek, which began near the present-day intersection of Peachtree and Brighton roads. The area was forests and fields then, stretching along unpaved Peachtree Road between Atlanta and Buckhead. Soon after the turn of the century, developers B.F. Burdett and E.F. Chambless began developing the Brookwood Hills neighborhood. Throughout the year, some of Atlanta's most prominent architects—including Neel Reid, Burge and Stevens, Ivy and Crook, Alger and Vinour, Pringle and Smith, and H.W. Nichole—have designed homes in Brookwood. The oldest section of the neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s, and was designated an Atlanta Conservation District in 1994.