Carlos Harris Mason (1873-1955) was one of
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 ...
's first furniture store operators. He was president of Mason Furniture Company located at Whitehall and Mitchell Streets downtown. He was director of the
First National Bank of Atlanta
Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo and Company in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States, based on total ass ...
, and for 14 years was chairman of the Atlanta Police Board, including the period of the
Atlanta Ripper murders.
Mason built his mansion in 1922 at what is now 1189
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Ponce de Leon Avenue ( ), often simply called Ponce, provides a link between Atlanta, Decatur, Clarkston, and Stone Mountain, Georgia. It was named for Ponce de Leon Springs, in turn from explorer Juan Ponce de León, but is not pronounced ...
at the southeast corner of
Moreland Avenue at the western edge of
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 ...
. It was later used as the headquarters for the
Golden Key National Honor Society
The Golden Key International Honour Society (formerly Golden Key National Honor Society) is an Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to recognize academic achievement among college and university students.
Golden Key has ...
.
''Atlanta Walks'' by Ren Davis, Helen Davis, p.149
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References
Businesspeople from Atlanta
1873 births
1955 deaths
Druid Hills, Georgia
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