About This Home:
This is an exceptionally spacious 4 bedroom, 2 bath brick Tudor bungalow for sale in the heart of Atlanta's elegant Morningside neighborhood. From the street, this home presents a deceptively small front facade, but from the moment you walk inside you will be delighted by the gracious proportions. The main level features: a tiled front entry terrace; entry foyer; oversized, fireside living room; separate formal dining room; huge eat-in kitchen open to a den with built-in entertainment center; and 2 large bedrooms and a full bathroom. Upstairs, there's another large bedroom plus a big bonus room (great playroom, office, or media room). The downstairs has also been finished to create a large family room; 4th large bedroom (with big walk-in closet); a 2nd full bathroom; a huge utility room and separate laundry room; and an enormous workshop with garage door. This home sits on a beautiful wooded lot and there's a large deck off the back of the house perfect for enjoying the lovely view as well as a patio at the back of the yard.
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 School, 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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