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| Location | 587 University Place, NW, Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°45′21″N 84°24′25″W / 33.75581°N 84.40686°W |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | Adrienne McNeil Herndon |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000261 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 16, 2000[1] |
| Designated NHL | February 16, 2000[2] |
| Designated ALB | October 14, 1989 |
The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia. An elegant Classical Revival mansion with Beaux Arts influences, it was the home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon (1858-1927), a rags-to-riches success story who was born into slavery, but went on to become Atlanta's first black millionaire as founder and head of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. The house was designed by his wife Adrienne, and was almost entirely built with African-American labor. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000,[2][3] and had previously been declared a "landmark building exterior" by the city of Atlanta in 1989.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Herndon Home". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
- ^ Frank J. J. Miele, John Sprinkle, and Patti Henry (November 1999) National Historic Landmark Nomination: Herndon Home, National Park Service and Accompanying 6 photos, of Herndon and family and of exterior and interior of mansion, from c.1910, c. 1915, 1998
- ^ Herndon Home, at City of Atlanta Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine