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

2001 List of Endangered Buildings:

Judge William Wilson House
501 Fairburn Road SW (on the grounds of Southwest Regional Hospital)

The Judge William Wilson House, dating from the mid 1850s, is one of six documented antebellum houses left in Atlanta. The two-story Greek Revival Plantation style home, built of rubble stone and hand-made brick from 1856 to 1859, was part of a 1200-acre estate owned by Wilson, one of the largest landowners in Fulton County. In August 1864, Federal troops camped on his land during the month-long Battle of Utoy Creek. After serving in the Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, Wilson returned to his home and became active in community affairs as a member of the Georgia General Assembly and a Fulton County sheriff and a judge. The Adamsville Masonic Lodge was formed in his home. 

The façade of the Wilson House was greatly altered in the 1960s with the removal of the front portico and four square columns. The house has been vacant for years and is deteriorating. Although the owner, Southwest Hospital and Medical Center, is interested in fixing the house, it would like to partner with another entity to rehabilitate the house.

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