National Register of Historic Places

Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Listed
March 25, 2010
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
10000116

About this property

The Cecil and Hermione Alexander House, also known as Shenandoah, in Atlanta, Georgia is a modern, circular plan house designed by, and home for, Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander. The home was featured in Progressive Architecture in 1959 and in Life in 1959 and 1961. One aspect commented on was its supposedly inexpensive cable-suspended plywood roof. The Cecil and Hermione Alexander House is a modern house with a circular plan designed by Atlanta architect Cecil Alexander as his family’s residence. Completed in 1957, the house was one of the first modernist houses in Atlanta. The home features curved brick walls, flat roof, and sheet glass walls, and is organized around a central court, while the folded-plate roof floods the interior with light. According to Alexander, the circular plan “is so arranged that the family at least once or twice a day has to get together, just by necessity.” The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 2010. The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of April 2, 2010. The central courtyard was originally designed to encircle an old oak tree on the property, but the tree was not in good enough condition to be kept.

Location

2232 Mt. Paran Rd, N.W.
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
33.85780, -84.43668

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House listed on the National Register?

Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 2010.

What type of historic resource is Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House?

Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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