Adelaide Ruff McCarty Photographs, 1905

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Adelaide Ruff McCarty Photographs, 1905

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This collection is comprised of images of the early development of Ansley Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The photographs were taken by an unidentified photographer. Mr. Solon Zachery Ruff, who was the development's civil engineer, can be seen, along with images of the home of Amos Rhodes (now Rhodes Hall). Mr Ruff is identified as "papa" on some of the images. One of the images is of an auction of lots in Ansley Park.

6 photographic prints : b&w.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6902331

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Rhodes Hall (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Rhodes Hall, is a historic house located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was built as the home of furniture magnate Amos Giles Rhodes, proprietor of Atlanta-based Rhodes Furniture. The Romanesque Revival house occupies a prominent location on Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Ruff, Solon Zachary.

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McCarty, Adelaide Ruff.

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Adelaide Ruff McCarty was probably a relative, and perhaps the daughter of Solon Zachery Ruff, the civil engineer who was responsible for laying out Ansley Park, in Atlanta, Georgia. Ansley Park was developed by Edward P. Ansley between 1904 and 1913. It is located north of downtown Atlanta and west of Piedmont Park, between Piedmont Avenue and Peachtree Street. Completed by 1930, the neighborhood encompasses approximately 275 acres. From the description of Adelaide Ruff McCarty Phot...