Harris, Joel Chandler, House
Historic house in Georgia, United States in Atlanta, Georgia. Built 1913. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Joel Chandler Harris House, also known as The Wren's Nest or Snap Bean Farm, is a Queen Anne style house at 1050 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd., SW. in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1870, it was home to Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and author of the Uncle Remus Tales, from 1881 until his death in 1908.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1050 Gordon St., SW, Atlanta, GA |
| County | Fulton County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000281 |
| Built | 1913 |
| Type of place | historic house museum |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1050 Gordon St., SW, Atlanta, GA |
| Website | wrensnestonline.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 33.73750, -84.42235 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park · 3 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Payne Campground-Allatoona Lake 28 mi · Galt'S Ferry Day Use Area (Ga) 30 mi · Victoria Campground 31 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000281. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.