The Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman in Atlanta, Georgia. The Inmans had accumulated wealth from cotton brokerage and investments in transportation, banking and real estate. After their house in Ansley Park burned in 1924, the Inmans commissioned the Atlanta architectural firm of Hentz, Reid and Adler to design a new house in on 28 acres (110,000 m2) in Buckhead, a northern Atlanta community. The new mansion's design was executed by Philip Trammell Shutze, combining Renaissance revival styles with a Classical approach on the main facade. The rear facade is less formal, and is sited at the top of a small hill with terraced gardens and a fountain cascading down the hillside. A recurring motif are sculpted or painted swans throughout the house and grounds.
Architect Philip T. Shutze designed Swan House and its gardens, as well as many other important buildings in the city. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Columbia School of Architecture, and the American Academy in Rome, Italy.
Edward Inman died in 1931, but Emily collected her family into the house and lived there until 1965. The house and grounds were acquired by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1966. The house is operated as part of the Atlanta History Center and is maintained as a 1920s and 1930s historic house museum, with many of the Inmans' original furnishings.
In 2004, the Atlanta History Center completed a $5.4 million restoration of the house and its furnishings.
This historical building served as the finish line of the 19th season of The Amazing Race.
It was also used to film some scenes in the 2013 film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and in its 2015 sequel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2.
It appears in the opening sequence of the 1980 movie Little Darlings.
It was also to be used for "TCM Remembers 2014" on Turner Classic Movies.
Video Swan House (Atlanta)
See also
- Tullie Smith House on the grounds of Swan House
Maps Swan House (Atlanta)
References
External links
- Swan House at Atlanta History Center
- Swan House, National Park Service Atlanta
- Swan House historical marker
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. GA-2111, "Swan House, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material
- Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. GA-2, "Swan House Gardens, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA", 1 measured drawing
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