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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1912
Page
3
Luxurious residence offered for exclusive sale featuring a large living room with fireplace, spacious dining room, den, butler’s pantry, four bedrooms including a lady’s boudoir, two baths, linen room, sleeping porch, two servants’ rooms, furnace heat with automatic draft, electric fixtures, and a two to three car garage. Color scheme blends walls and hangings. heating, water heater, and fixtures are modern. Terms available.
Describes a sizable Piedmont Avenue residence with a large living room parlor dining room butler pantry kitchen one bedroom bath on first floor three bedrooms and bath on second floor. Features include electric switches vapor heating cement basement two servants' rooms garage concrete side drive alley rear and a 523 by 185 foot lot. Built by the owner the property must sell within the next few days with terms to suit.
Describes a current 3 room residence with all conveniences on a 5x160 lot. Furnace heat and a side drive are included. Owner offers reasonable terms. Notes the property location on a short 0 foot avenue near Jackson Street.
9 Auburn Ave advertises a corner lot 75 by 115 feet near Peachtree and Ponce de Leon avenues. It cites high front foot prices, projects a $5,000 profit in twelve months, and lists price at $15,000 with $3,000 cash and five-year balance. An eleven-story building nearby is priced to cost $300,000.
An investor note describes a 26 by 51 foot lot within 500 feet of the Piedmont Hotel on Luckie Street. A building costing 3000 dollars would generate 150 dollars per month, pitched as the slickest downtown investment and urging prompt purchase.
Parcel 471 2x100 feet with alleys on three sides offers a potential quick profit. Peachtree property yields about $1000 per front foot. Ivy street grade work passed. Asking price $18,000 payable over five years, with option to split into two lots at the same price.
Property listing on Peachtree Place describes a corner lot of 50 200 feet with an old cottage that can be moved, creating a large front yard and ideal apartment house site priced at 7500. A brick building nearby is offered for conversion to business property at low cost. Location is between Spring Street and the post office, in the lime light with anticipated price rises near Healey building completion.
The ad offers 18 acres with 718 feet on Pace's Ferry Road near Judge Lamar's property. Front foot price listed at about 12.50, claiming the site as the cheapest on the road and a potential money maker. Prospective buyers urged to compare prices and view the property.
The Richards place fronts 192 12 feet on Washington Street and runs 227 feet along Fair Street This property could have the Fair Street frontage sold off leaving business lots on Washington Street It is described as a good place to buy and subdivide with price $30 000 and easy terms.
Three level building lots 45 by 160 feet near Eugenia Street in easy walking distance of the retail section. Price four hundred dollars each.
A choice building site offered in the woods near the residences of Hail Miller Meador Mrs Fitten and others. The asking price is $800 with 109 percent perhaps misread as 109%300.
A 75 by 110 foot parcel with no restrictions and terms of 2500 cash plus balance due over one to three years. Location at Walton Street and another 26 by 110 foot lot between Spring and Bartow streets offered amid a busy movement on the street with access to ninety car spaces.
The segment of Atlanta is recognized as the best Black property area in the city, signaling a prime investment for those seeking big returns. Investors consider this section a top target as they build wealth through property purchases.
Real estate pitch promotes purchasing lots in Atlanta’s established Negro section from Ponce de Leon north to Decatur and from Piedmont west to Hilliard east. Claims high rents and strong demand for homes for colored people, with terms of 50 dollars cash and 10 dollars monthly at 7 percent, properties sold without reserve.
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