Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery

Dunwoody, De Kalb County, Georgia
Listed
August 8, 2009
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
09000585

About this property

The Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery, near Dunwoody, Georgia, is a historic property that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The house has also been known as Chesnut House. The listing included six contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing site, on 2.8 acres (1.1 ha). The house was built c. 1870 for William J. Donaldson as a Plantation Plain-type building, and a rear ell was added in the 1880s. In 1935, the ell was changed considerably by owner Lois Patillo Bannister, who hired architect Francis Palmer Smith to implement changes consistent with then-popular 20th-century Colonial Revival style. The house itself is considered significant as an "excellent example of the thorough application of Colonial Revival-style elements". The cemetery is also considered an "excellent example of a family cemetery" in rural agricultural landscape architecture.

Location

4831 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd.
Dunwoody, De Kalb County, Georgia
33.93460, -84.31725

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When was Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery?

Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1870.

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