Easton was a farming community located at the crossroads of Plaster Bridge Road (now Piedmont Road) and
Monroe Drive, a location where today, three
intown
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neighborhoods of Atlanta
:
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come together:
Morningside-Lenox Park
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,
Piedmont Heights and
Ansley Park
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. Farmers took their cotton and corn to Walker's Mill, across from what is now Ansley Mall.
Some milestones in Easton's existence:
Morningside-Lenox Park Association Archive
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* 1876: train started stopping in Easton; from 1879-1931 the Airline Belle line ran between Atlanta Terminal Station
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and Toccoa, Georgia
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* 1888: population reaches 100
* 1904: post office closes
* 1911: development begins in Ansley Park and Virginia Highland
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* 1911: Plaster Bridge Road paved
* 1917: Plaster Bridge Road is renamed Piedmont Road
See also
References
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Former neighborhoods of Atlanta