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, is a historic district that was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places 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 ...

in 2000. The district has 200 contributing buildings, 4

contributing sites 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 ...

and one other contributing structure. It includes work by architects and/or builders Ivey and Crook 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 archit ...

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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