Island Ford Lodge

Island Ford Lodge

Island Ford Lodge in 2012
Location Sandy Springs, Georgia
Coordinates 33°59′14″N 84°19′29″W / 33.98722°N 84.32472°W / 33.98722; -84.32472Coordinates: 33°59′14″N 84°19′29″W / 33.98722°N 84.32472°W / 33.98722; -84.32472
Built 1935
NRHP Reference # 16000747
Added to NRHP November, 2016[1]

The Island Ford Lodge is an historic property in Sandy Springs, Fulton County, Georgia, in the United States. It was built as a summer home for Atlanta attorney Samuel Dunbar Hewlett circa 1935 by stone mason John Epps. Hewlett was chief of staff for Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge through Talmadge's first two terms as governor, from 1933 to 1937. Hewlett sold the lodge to the Buckhead Century Club in 1950, retaining rights to an apartment in the building. The club disbanded in 1955 and sold the property to the Atlanta Baptist Assembly, which used the lodge as a retreat for twenty years. After Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area was established in 1978 the property was acquired by the National Park Service. The property was renovated in the early 1980s and serves as the park headquarters.[2]

Island Ford Lodge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2016.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Gerdes, Marti; Messer, Scott (February 2007). Chattahooche River National Recreation Area Historic Resource Study (PDF). National Park Service. p. 64.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List". National Park Service. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
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