What Style Is It?

March 3, 2010 in Real Estate by Lori Johnston | 2 comments

In the latest installment of our new online series that focuses on house styles around Atlanta, Lori Johnston gives us the inside scoop on Georgian architecture. Do you often drive by a house that you love, but aren’t exactly sure of its “style?” Send us a picture and we’ll get to the bottom of it!

We chatted with architect Norman Askins, who was involved in the renovation of this Philip Shutze home at 3351 Woodhaven Road in Tuxedo Park, about the home. The home, built in 1929, listed for $4.9 million with Wes Vawter and Barbara Morgan with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty.

Askins says the eight-bedroom, eight-full and three-bath home, known as Knollwood, is similar to Georgian architecture often found in the mid-Atlantic. That’s evident particularly in the back of the home, which faces West Paces Ferry and is based on a plate from William Salmon’s “Palladio Londinensis,” published in the 18th century.

  1. James’s avatar

    James on March 3, 2010 at 10:36 am

    Thanks for the info. I especially like the limestone portico and all of the ivy on the front elevation.

  2. Things That Inspire’s avatar

    Things That Inspire on March 3, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    I always wonder why this house was situated on the lot that way – it would have been more conventional to have the front of the house face Woodhaven. Maybe it is so that the back of the house gets the southern exposure? Regardless, it is a beautiful house, one of the great classics in Atlanta.