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Atlanta History Center

Index Atlanta History Center

The Atlanta History Center (AHC) is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. [1]

37 relations: American Civil War, Antebellum architecture, Atlanta, Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum, Atlanta History (journal), Battle of Atlanta, Bobby Jones (golfer), Buckhead, Chattahoochee River, Corn crib, DeKalb County, Georgia, English language, Franklin Garrett, French language, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia Land Lotteries, German language, Gone with the Wind (novel), Japanese language, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Muscogee, Museum, National Register of Historic Places, Panoramic painting, Philip T. Shutze, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, Spanish language, Swan House (Atlanta), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Texas (locomotive), Tullie Smith House, United States, Western and Atlantic Railroad, William Kent, 1996 Summer Olympics.

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Antebellum architecture

Antebellum architecture (meaning "prewar", from the Latin ante, "before", and bellum, "war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum

The Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum was a civil war museum located in Atlanta, Georgia, its most noted attraction being the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cylindrical panoramic painting of the Civil War Battle of Atlanta.

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Atlanta History (journal)

Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South was a publication of the Atlanta Historical Society.

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Battle of Atlanta

The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Bobby Jones (golfer)

Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession.

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Buckhead

Buckhead is the uptown district of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, comprising approximately the northern fifth of the city.

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Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida border.

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Corn crib

A corn crib or corncrib is a type of granary used to dry and store corn.

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DeKalb County, Georgia

DeKalb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Franklin Garrett

Franklin Miller Garrett (September 25, 1906 – March 5, 2000) was the only official historian of Atlanta.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Georgia Land Lotteries

The Georgia land lotteries were an early nineteenth century system of land redistribution in Georgia.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Gone with the Wind (novel)

Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist under the pseudonym Peggy Mitchell.

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Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

The Margaret Mitchell House is a historic house museum located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Creek and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a related group of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Panoramic painting

Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event.

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Philip T. Shutze

Philip Trammell Shutze (August 18, 1890 – October 17, 1982) was an American architect.

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Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was an Anglo-Irish architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl".

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Swan House (Atlanta)

The Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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The Texas (locomotive)

Western & Atlantic Railroad #49 "Texas" is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Co., best known as the principal pursuit engine in the Great Locomotive Chase, chasing the ''General'' after the latter was stolen by Union saboteurs in an attempt to ruin the Confederate rail system during the American Civil War.

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Tullie Smith House

The Tullie Smith House is a small plantation or farm house, built circa 1840 by Robert Smith.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Western and Atlantic Railroad

The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a historic, government-owned railroad which operates in the southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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William Kent

William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an eminent English architect, landscape architect and furniture designer of the early 18th century.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_History_Center

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