Presented by the Buildings Worth Saving
Committee of the Atlanta Preservation Center:

2005 List of Endangered Buildings:

Upchurch-Kelley House and Gardens, 1933
Address: 4141 Wieuca Road, NW
Threat: Its future is uncertain. The property is for sale. Developers have proposed 15 houses for the site.

This two-story house, an early design by Thomas Bradbury, architect for the current Governor’s Mansion, sits on a six-acre nature preserve in Buckhead, The house is surrounded by large boxwood, and the veranda overlooks the main azalea garden and amphitheater. Seventy-year-old hemlocks, Japanese magnolias, rhododendrons and other evergreens can be found throughout the property. Stone walls and paths create a maze one side of the garden and granite steps lead to the fishpond on the other side.

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