Tuxedo Park is a
neighborhood of Atlanta
:
The city of Atlanta, Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions, or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planni ...
in the
Buckhead
Buckhead is the uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city. Buckhead is the third largest business district within the Atlanta city limits, behind Downt ...
area of the city. The area is National Register of Historic Places
NRHP
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
-listed (no. 80004665).
One-time Atlanta mayor
Robert Maddox
Robert Foster Maddox (April 4, 1870 – 1965) was the 41st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
Biography
Maddox was born on April 4, 1870 to Robert Flournoy Maddox, an early Atlanta settler and war hero.
He was educated in public school, and then at ...
's house "Woodhaven" was located in the area from 1911 to 1963, when the present
Georgia Governor's Mansion
The Governor's Mansion is the official home of the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. The mansion is located at 391 West Paces Ferry Road NW, in the Tuxedo Park neighborhood of the affluent Buckhead district of Atlanta.
Construction
Th ...
was built here.
The neighborhood is part of
NPU A and is bounded by:
* Blackland Road and Putnam Drive and the neighborhood of
Chastain Park
Chastain Memorial Park (originally known as the North Fulton Park, commonly known as Chastain Park) is the largest city park in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a park near the northern edge of the city. Included in the park are jogging paths, playgrou ...
on the north
* Northside Drive and the
Kingswood neighborhood on the west
* Moore's Mill Road and the
Argonne Forest neighborhood on the south
* Habersham Road and the
South Tuxedo Park
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
neighborhood on the southeast
*Lake Forest Drive and the
East Chastain Park
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
neighborhood on the northeast
Residents
*
Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Lynn Loeffler (, ; born November 27, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician who served as a United States senator for Georgia from 2020 to 2021. Loeffler was chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of commodity and ...
, United States Senator from Georgia (2020-2021)
References
External links
* - detailed information about history and architecture
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Neighborhoods in Atlanta