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Rainbow Terrace, now known as Lullwater Estate, is the Mediterranean-style
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mansion built for Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz (1882–1962), daughter of
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co-founder
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. The architect was G. Lloyd Preacher, the architect of
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in the Druid Hills Historic District. Henry Heinz was shot by a burglar at Rainbow Terrace in 1943. A domestic servant was convicted of the crime, but rumours persisted that a relative murdered him. Pendergrast, Mark
''For God, Country and Coca-Cola''
p.133.
The mansion itself is now divided into condominiums, and is now surrounded by townhouses, all together forming a complex.


References


Lullwater Estate Owners' Association

"G. Lloyd Preacher"
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