Garden Hills is a neighborhood in the

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section of

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between Peachtree and Piedmont Roads, bordered on the north by Pharr Road and on the south by Lindbergh Road. In 1987 the neighborhood was given

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 ...

status by the city of Atlanta. Garden Hills was developed beginning in 1925 by Phillips Campbell McDuffie, a prominent Atlanta lawyer, who formed the Garden Hills Corp. and advertised the area as "Beautiful Garden Hills." He envisioned a country club community with a pool and community center at its heart. The neighborhood was planned in three phases: the Country Club section, from Rumson Road east to North Hills Drive including the pool and community center; the Peachtree section, from Peachtree Road to Rumson Road; and the Brentwood section, from North Hills Drive to Piedmont Road.

Macedonia Park

The African American settlement of

Macedonia Park Macedonia Park, also known as Bagley Park, was a development in what is now the Buckhead Community of Atlanta, Georgia which was located on the present site of Frankie Allen Park in the Garden Hills neighborhood. It was situated in District 17, Lan ...

was located on the present site of Frankie Allen Park in what is now Garden Hills. The county used

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and other techniques to buy out the black homeowners from 1945 to 1953.

Schools

Christ the King Catholic School on Peachtree Street, as well as

Garden Hills Elementary School Garden Hills Elementary School is an elementary school in Garden Hills, Atlanta, Georgia and a part of Atlanta Public Schools (APS). Built in 1938, the brick school building is a work of Atlanta architect Philip Shutze. It was built by as a part ...

, and

Atlanta International School Atlanta International School (AIS) is a private elementary, middle and high school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. An International Baccalaureate school, it was opened in 1985. Faculty, parents and students at Atlanta International School ...

on North Fulton Drive are located in Garden Hills. Residents are within

Atlanta Public Schools Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring. The system has an active enrollment of 54,956 students, attending a t ...

and have the following zoned schools: Garden Hills Elementary School, Sutton Middle School Sutton Middle School, and

North Atlanta High School North Atlanta High School is a comprehensive public high school of approximately 1,800 students in the Paces neighborhood of the Buckhead community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools (APS). Th ...

. The former North Fulton High School is a contributing property of the historic district. It is now used as

References

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