I passed this way on the way out this morning, and saw that they had begun the demolition of some of the Atlanta University buildings, and I was/am determined to capture as much as I can.
I stopped on the way home from my performance in Decatur.
The Edmund Asa (“E. A.”) Ware School, named for Atlanta University’s first president, was built in 1922 as one of the first elementary schools for African American children in Atlanta. Later known as Jordan Hall, it is a contributing element to the Atlanta University Center District in southwest Atlanta.
E. A. Ware is located within the Atlanta University Center District, on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Walnut Street, and it stands adjacent to the Herndon Home Museum. The building was built within the Period of Significance for the district, which ends in 1930. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The future of this historic building is currently in question due to a proposed redevelopment by the Atlanta YMCA.
(I don't think it's fate is in question any longer)
As you can see, these next two were taken from inside my car. The roof is gone from Gaines Hall . The former honors dorm was ravaged by fire in 2015 and remains open to the elements. You can see the sunset sky through the vacant windows.
The church like building on the left is Founders Hall, one of the main buildings of the Morris Brown College.
It was in better condition, but the windows are All broken out... or the ones I could see were anyway.
High on the to-do list of Morris Brown president Stanley Pritchett is renovating
—and ringing—
the circa 1880 bell in Fountain Hall’s tower to signal Morris Brown’s return.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AUDRA MELTON
Morris Brown College (MBC) was a private, coed, liberal arts college in the Vine City community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
It is a historically black college affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Although Morris Brown College is no longer a member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium, it is located within the Atlanta University Center (a district designated by the Atlanta City Council).
In 2002 it lost its accreditation and federal funding due to a financial mismanagement scandal during the 1998–2002 tenure of Dolores Cross as school president.
The United Negro College Fund also terminated its support for the college.[3] Ten years later, the college filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an attempt to prevent foreclosure and sale of the school at auction.
In October 2015, the campus was still open, but dependent upon volunteer faculty and staff.
It is no longer in operation
"Mercedes Sunset, with moon as backdrop"
All of this is across the street and within blocks of the new Mercedes Benz Stadium, so the Real Estate is extremely valuable .
by
Jerry E Smith
©12/30/2017
That's amazing, good luck @jerrytsuseer
Kind of a shame such old buildings being torn down especially ones in the Historic Register
I agree, especially if they are structurally sound. These buildings are falling down
On their own, for the most part. The real estate, being that close to the new
Stadium is just too valuable. All the property values in the area where I
Currently live is projected to skyrocket (I live about 1.5 mi from there)
I REALLY wish I had the funds, or access to them, where I would be
Able to invest in some property, to either rehab or sit on it until I
Could flip it for a profit. Alas, I am poor, and on disability.
I ride through this area looking at all the dilapidated
Houses and apartments/complexes thinking about
All the homeless people in Atlanta. All these
Empty buildings represent far too much
$money to the owners to be interested
In anything Philanthropic
Hey @mattb59, I just got some more info, and so have updated this post to include said info.
Not much, but a little more history and details.