Emory Grove is a small area of bungalow style homes built in 1939 and the 1940s in

Druid Hills, Georgia Druid Hills is a community which includes both a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, as well as a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta. The CDP's population was 14,568 at the 2010 census. The ...

near

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

. The Emory Grove Historic District, located between Emory University and the city of

Decatur, Georgia Decatur is a city in, and the county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in ...

, is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

that was listed on the

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in 2000. The district has 200

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

, 4

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and one other

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. It includes work by architects and/or builders

Ivey and Crook Ivey and Crook was an architectural firm active in Atlanta from the 1920s to 1960s. Works include: * Rhodes Center (1937, Atlanta's first shopping center) and the Crum & Forster Building, both in Midtown Atlanta * the Lenox Park (Atlanta) subdivi ...

and

Robert and Company Robert and Company is an architectural engineering firm based in Atlanta, Georgia with multiple offices in the southern United States. It was founded in 1917. Its founder was L.W. "Chip" Robert Jr. The firm provides multiple services including ...

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

and Late Gothic Revival architectural styles. A significant date in its history is 1938. It includes single dwellings, a school, a religious structure, and a church school, and it was listed for its architecture. Emory Grove consists of Princeton Way, Westminster Way, and Edinburgh Terrace, and some houses along N. Decatur Road.

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Emory Grove Neighborhood Association at Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Colonial Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Geography of DeKalb County, Georgia Decatur, Georgia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Druid Hills, Georgia Bungalow architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Houses in DeKalb County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub

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