This is an example of an early 20th century arts and crafts suburban home in what is now North Ormewood Park. It sits on the bucolic sounding Hemlock Circle. Today this neighborhood would be considered rather urban, but was actually one of Atlanta's first trolley car suburbs with the trolley connecting downtown Atlanta to Moreland Ave. As Jackson and Wright point out, modern transportation technology helped, but by no means was the sole catalyst for, the selling of the myth of the suburb. Rail service enabled those of means to build/buy a home in the suburbs thereby being able to use the city but live outside of it. Unfortunately for modern Atlanta the trolley now only exists in the neighborhood logo.
Very charming house; the appeal of suburban living is quite clear in the romantic design.
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