About This Home:
This is a gorgeous 3 bedroom, 4 bath home for sale on a large corner lot in Atlanta's elegant Morningside neighborhood. Built circa 1930 and recently gutted and completely renovated, this fine home offers great space and amenities in a fabulous intown location. On the main level, this home features: a delightful front terrace; formal living room with fireplace; formal dining room with patio doors out to the terrace; wonderful chef's kitchen w/granite counters and stainless steel appliances; adjoining breakfast room plus adjoining family room with patio doors out to a large screened porch overlooking the backyard. There are 2 big bedroom suites on the main level, each with private, renovated full bath. There's also a full hall bath for guests. The finished second level is comprised of a huge owner's retreat with an oversized bedroom; walk-in closet; big bonus room that opens out to a private master deck overlooking the backyard; and a luxurious private master bath with European-style wet room (jetted tub and 2-person shower in a fully tiled room). The terrace level has also been finished to create a 2 big rooms (great media room plus office/recreation room) as well as an unfinished storage room. This home has both a detached oversized 1-car garage and a drive-under 1-car carport providing off-street parking for 2 cars. The backyard is delightful. It is fully fenced in privacy fencing and features lush landscaping and a large stone terrace with built-in stone bench and a charming fountain.
The Morningside neighborhood is only about 1 mile from Emory University and is close to all the best intown shopping, dining, and cultural venues. There are a number of shopping districts within a short radius of the house, including the Virginia-Highland business district; Emory Village; Sage Hill Shopping Center; Ansley Mall; and the funky Little Five Points and Zonolite Road business districts.
There are multiple neighorhood parks in the area as well, including the Johnson Nature Preserve with 50 acres of woods and trails -- it's a beautiful woodland retreat tucked into the heart of this intown neighborhood. Other nearby parks include: Noble Park; Sunken Garden Park; Sussex Park; Lenox-Wildwood Park; the Olmsted Linear Parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue; Freedom Park and The Path; Fernbank Forest and the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Of course, nearby Piedmont Park is Atlanta's largest park and home to many of the city's biggest concerts and festivals. It has a large tennis center, a public swimming pool, softball and soccer fields, walking paths around Lake Clara Meer, and children's playgrounds. This home is also convenient to the private Druid Hills Golf Club, and the Ansley Golf Club as well as two public golf courses (Candler Park and Charlie Yates).
The Morningside/Lenox Park Association is a strong and effective neighborhood association that works to maintain the quality of life in this historic, residential neighborhood. This home is just a few blocks from the Druid Hills neighborhood, which is the historic residential neighborhood depicted in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy." Druid Hills also maintains a politically active neighborhood association. In addition to Emory University, this area is very convenient to Downtown Atlanta, Midtown, Buckhead, and Downtown Decatur. Both Emory and Georgia Tech are just a few minutes drive, and the area is well served by MARTA, both bus and rail, and you have easy access to I-75/85 and GA 400.
Children living in this neighborhood attend City of Atlanta public schools, including Morningside Elementary, Inman Middle School, and Grady High School. Nearby private schools include: The Frazer Center (private infants - kindergarten); Waldorf School of Atlanta (private pk-8); The Paideia School (private pk-12); and The Ben Franklin Academy (private high school for ages 15-18).
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