Photographs 1920-1979.

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Photographs 1920-1979.

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In addition to designing single-family residences, Leila Ross Wilburn also planned multi-family structures. Most of the photographs in this series depict two and four-family homes, and apartment buildings she designed during the early part of her career. Images illustrating two-family dwellings are indexed by the last name, presumably, of the builder. Wilburn also included street names for images of two-family apartments in her index; however, some of the names provided are unclear as to origin. There are no plan numbers associated with these photographs. Negatives and contact prints for many of these photographs are available. Images of four-family homes and apartment buildings are not indexed. In addition, this series also contain images of Wilburn's single-family residences, some of which are identified by plan number. The final group of records consist of color slides of structures built by Barbara Crum and Merrill Elam of Heery & Heery, Architects & Engineers, Inc.

86 photographs 30 col. slides.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Wilburn, Leila Ross, 1885-1967

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Leila Ross Wilburn (1885 - 1967) moved to Atlanta in the mid 1890's with her family. After two years at Agnes Scott Institute, she served a two-year apprenticeship as a draftsman in the Benjamin R. Padgett architectural and building firm. She began her career in 1909 as only one of two women architects in Atlanta. Her portfolio was exclusively residential and included duplexes and apartment buildings as well as single-family houses for a burgeoning Southern middle-class. She designed residences ...