Beth Lattimore Reiter collection of Ardmore, Ardsley Park, and Chatham Crescent neighborhood records, 1909-1985.

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Beth Lattimore Reiter collection of Ardmore, Ardsley Park, and Chatham Crescent neighborhood records, 1909-1985.

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This collection contains records regarding the development of the Ardmore, Ardsley Park, and Chatham Crescent neighborhoods in Savannah, Georgia from 1909-1985. This material was collected by Beth Lattimore Reiter in her work to have Ardsley Park and Chatham Crescent neighborhoods recognized in the National Register of Historic Places. Included within this collection are photographs, clippings, tax records, accounts, plat maps, and correspondence from the Ardsley Park Land Corporation and Lattimore and Lattimore Realtors. These two organizations were vital in developing the property, advertising residences for sale in newspapers, and ultimately selling property to middle class and upper middle class citizens of Savannah. Of particular interest are the drafts of letters written by the members of the Ardsley Park Land Corporation in 1909 to the mayor and alderman of Savannah. Within this letter, the developers discuss moving the African American neighborhood which was regarded as "a most objectionable quarter," known as "Sunnyside" in order to create a new residential development to further the growth of the city outside of the historic and Victorian districts.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Lattifmore, William, 1866-1934.

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Lattimore, Harry Hays, 1874-1931.

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Ardsley Park Land Corporation (Savannah, Ga.)

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Reiter, Beth Lattimore

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Beth Lattimore Reiter is a native of Savannah, Georgia. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a B.A. in architectural history and then worked for the Historic Savannah Foundation, Inc. for six years. In 1977, she was named the Executive Director of the Savannah Landmark Rehabilitation Project, Inc. and held that position until 1980. Also, from 1974 to 1977 and after 1980, Reiter also worked as a free lance consultant in historic preservation conducting numerous architect...