Photo Pick: Front room at the Atlanta Preservation Center by Chad Carlson

Front room at the Atlanta Preservation Center (APC) on St. Paul. Ave. in Grant Park. The fireplace surround was found buried in the backyard during the rehabilitation of this home which was built by L.P. Grant in the 1850s. One of only a few pre-Civil War homes left in metro Atlanta. L.P. Grant built the fortifications around the city during the Civil War and donated the land which is now Grant Park. The house was once owned by Margaret Mitchell and golf legend Bobby Jones was born in the back bedroom. The APC takes a less is more approach to preservation. The walls you see in this room are original to the house. This approach–revealing the authenticicy of the house–is called a “reveal.”