Joel Chandler Harris House

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Joel Chandler Harris House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
HABS photo from 1985

Location:	Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd., SW, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates:	33°44′14″N 84°25′21″W / 33.73722, -84.4225
Area:	3 acres^[1]
Built/Founded:	1881
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Late Victorian
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[2]
Designated as NHL:	December 19, 1962^[3]
NRHP Reference#:	66000281
Governing body:	Private

Joel Chandler Harris House, also known as The Wren's Nest or Snap Bean Farm, is a house in Atlanta, Georgia.

It was home of Joel Chandler Harris, editor and columnist of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, from 1881 until his death in 1908.^[3] He is most known as author of the "Uncle Remus" tales, although he blatantly plagiarized those from the actual black slave author of those stories.^{[citation needed]}

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.^[3]^[1]

It is located at 1050 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd., SW, formerly named 1050 Gordon Street., SW.^[3]^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Blanche Higgins Schroer (May 15, 1975), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Joel Chandler Harris House / The Wren's Nest; Snap Bean FarmPDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying one photo, front porch, from 1975PDF (32 KB)
^ ^a ^b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joel Chandler Harris House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.

[edit] External links

Joel Chandler Harris House, 1050 Gordon Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA: 12 photos, 2 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey

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