Mid-century modern homes can seem difficult to find in the metro Atlanta area, unless you know where to look. It helps to know when the MCM style was most prevalently built and extrapolate which areas of town were developed around that time. For Atlanta that time is mostly the 1960’s though you will find examples built in the 50’s. During the 1960’s Atlanta was expanding beyond the city limits to the burbs. While many of these locations are now considered intown, they were the original suburbs of Atlanta. These areas include North Druid Hills, Buckhead, Brookhaven, Collier Heights, Chamblee, Doraville, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Tucker and Stone Mountain. Mid-century modern homes can be found further out, but become increasingly scarce.
Though several mid-century modern specific neighborhoods were developed, the homes were more commonly mixed into larger developments of traditional home styles. The largest MCM neighborhood, Northcrest, was developed by P&H Realty from the 1950’s-1970’s. Atlanta architect Robert Green also designed many area homes during the time, in developments such as Amberwood. As a student of Frank Lloyd Wright he shared a similar design philosophy. You can drive into almost any 1960’s subdivision around Atlanta and find 1 or more examples of mid-century modern influence.
Below is a list of some of the best clusters and neighborhoods around Atlanta to find these homes.
Amberwood-Briarlake
The Amberwood neighborhood located in the Briarlake area, has some of the finest examples of mid century modern homes in the Atlanta region. No cookie cutter homes here as each was required to be … Read More...
Huntley Hills
Northcrest style homes in Dunwoody! While not a purpose built neighborhood of mid century modern homes, you will find Northcrest floorpans (AKA P&H splits) sprinkled amongst traditional ranches, … Read More...
Northcrest
Atlanta’s most famous and largest cluster of mid-century modern homes is found in the Northcrest neighborhood. Situated 13 miles northeast of midtown Atlanta near the Spaghetti Junction intersection … Read More...
Sexton Woods
Sexton Woods is a hidden oasis straddling the cities of Brookhaven and Chamblee. Located just off Peachtree Boulevard, it is buffered from the road by a very cool MCM-style office/warehouse complex. … Read More...
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley located off Briarcliff and Cravey Roads offers quite a few mid-century gems. Here you will find butterfly roofs, ranches, polynesians and even flat roofed homes. Though you will … Read More...