George Washington Adair Jr. (b. 1874, Atlanta; d. November 5, 1921, Atlanta) was the son of
Col. George Washington Adair, an important developer of real estate in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
and of the
Atlanta streetcar system. Adair Jr. also worked in real estate development in partnership with his brother
Forrest, and together they developed today's historic neighborhoods such as
Adair Park
Adair Park is a residential neighborhood located southwest of downtown Atlanta. It has the form of a left curly bracket, bordered by the MARTA north–south rail line on the northwest, the BeltLine trail on the southwest and Metropolitan Parkway ...
, West End Park (now known as
Westview), and, in conjunction with
Asa Candler
Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon and politician who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for $238.98 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Candler founded The Coca-Co ...
,
Druid Hills
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 ...
.
Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive, search on "Forrest and George Adair"
/ref> He married Sarah Glenn in 1897.
Adair was the second president of the Atlanta Athletic Club
Atlanta Athletic Club (AAC), founded in 1898, is a private athletic club in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburb 23 miles north of Atlanta. The original home of the club was a 10-story building located on Carnegie Way, and in 1904 a golf course was bui ...
and was instrumental in building the East Lake Country Club (now East Lake Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club is a private golf club 5 miles east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1904, it is the oldest golf course in the city. East Lake was the home course of golfer Bobby Jones and much of its clubhouse serves as a tribu ...
). Known as the Father of Golf in Atlanta, he helped mentor Bobby Jones. His own son, Perry Adair
Oliver Perry Adair (1899 – May 30, 1953) was an American amateur golfer from Atlanta, Georgia, who grew up playing golf at East Lake Golf Club with his friend Bobby Jones. He was a very accomplished player, having won the 1921 and 1923 Southe ...
, was a champion golfer and is a member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
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Adair, Jr., George Washington