About This Home:
This is a beautiful 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 bath renovated 1920s bungalow for sale in the heart of Atlanta's popular Morningside neighborhood. This home is within walking distance from neighborhood shops and restaurants. On the main level, it features: a large living room with fireplace, built-in shelving, and French door to a lovely bonus sunroom; a separate formal dining room; a renovated eat-in kitchen with Silestone countertops, oak cabinets, and tumbled stone backsplash; a sunny breakfast area with French door out to the back deck and backyard; and a full-sized laundry closet with pantry shelving. There are 2 large bedrooms on this level, as well as a 3rd bedroom (or great den/home office) located off the living room and a full hall bathroom. Upstairs, the fabulous owner's retreat includes a large vaulted master bedroom with huge walk-in closet and a private master bathroom with marble-topped double vanity, clawfoot tub, and walk-in shower. This home has a driveway to a gated parking pad.
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: 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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