Prepare to be dazzled by elegant — and historic — house listed in Georgia for $5.7M
A sophisticated house, along with its compelling history, is blazing brightly on the real estate market in Atlanta for $5.7 million.
The five-bedroom, 5.5-plus-bathroom home happens to be the first house to have electricity in Atlanta, according to Mansion Global.
“It was built by the first CEO of Georgia Power, a guy named Preston Arkwright,” listing agent Sam Bayne told Mansion Global.
Arkwright, a lawyer, was hired by Georgia Electric Light Company shareholder Henry Atkinson to “to charter a company called Georgia Railway and Electric Company and consolidate many of the street car lines and their generating plants into the new firm,” Atlanta’s Upper West Side reported.
Arkwright used baseball to boost ridership by buying the minor league team the Atlanta Crackers and having them play near his streetcar line in 1906, Atlanta’s Upper West Side said.
Arkwright lived in the home until his death in 1946, Library of Congress reported.
Sitting on 2.8 acres, the home was “designed with entertaining in mind,” the listing on Realtor.com says, and it appears to be that way when glancing through the range of photos of both the interior and exterior. High-end features of the estate include:
Garden room
Butlers pantry
Bedroom that’s been converted into a closet
Wine cellar
Gym
Carriage house
Multiple terraces
The home was renovated to keep up with the modern times in 2004 by architect Keith Summerour, but managed to keep some of the original elements, Mansion Global reported.
This story was originally published February 21, 2022 at 11:42 AM with the headline "Prepare to be dazzled by elegant — and historic — house listed in Georgia for $5.7M."