Briarcliff (mansion)

Briarcliff
Briarcliff mansion in disrepair, 2012
Briarcliff (mansion) is located in Atlanta
Briarcliff (mansion)
Briarcliff (mansion) is located in Georgia
Briarcliff (mansion)
Briarcliff (mansion) is located in the United States
Briarcliff (mansion)
Location1260 Briarcliff Rd., NE, Atlanta, Georgia, US
Coordinates33°47′22″N 84°20′27″W / 33.78944°N 84.34083°W / 33.78944; -84.34083
Built1922
ArchitectFrazier, Charles E.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.88001167[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1988
Music room at Briarcliff
Asa G. Candler Jr.
Briarcliff Farm in 1918

Briarcliff was the mansion and estate of Asa Griggs "Buddy" Candler Jr. (1880–1953), and is now the Briarcliff Campus of Emory University. The estate was built in 1922 on 42 acres on Williams Mill Road, now Briarcliff Road in Druid Hills near Atlanta. Williams Mill Road would be renamed Briarcliff Road in the 1920s after the estate that Asa Jr. would build there. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Asa Jr. was the eccentric son of Asa Griggs Candler, co-founder of Coca-Cola. Candler Jr. helped build his father's business into an empire. He later became a real-estate developer, opening the Briarcliff Hotel at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and N. Highland Ave. in Atlanta's Virginia Highland neighborhood.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.