Margaret Mitchell House and Museum (Atlanta, Ga.)

Dates:
Active 1848
Active 2002

Biographical notes:

The Margaret Mitchell House, Inc. (MMH) was founded in 1985 as a non-profit organization to save and preserve the house where Margaret Mitchell lived and wrote the book, Gone With the Wind. The house was built by Cornelius J. Sheehan as a two-story, single-family home in 1899 but was later converted into a ten-unit apartment building. From 1925 to 1932 Margaret Mitchell lived in apartment #1 where she wrote Gone With the Wind. After years of neglect, the house was declared a city landmark in 1989 and fund raising began in an effort to preserve the structure. The house was opened to the public as a historic site and museum in May 1997.

From the description of Margaret Mitchell House Archives, 1848-2002, undated. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 746929148

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Subjects:

  • Authors, American
  • Historic buildings
  • Historic districts

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Places:

  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Atlanta (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Atlanta (Ga.) (as recorded)