Historic Home in Oakhurst

Oakhurst

Steps from Oakhurst Village and Downtown Decatur!
619 SOUTH MCDONOUGH STREET
Decatur, GA 30030 (Dekalb County)

Offered at $324,900
3 Bedroom / 1 Bath Single-Family Home
Parking: Driveway

This original Leila Ross Wilburn home is nestled among large hardwoods on one of Decatur's most beloved streets-- South McDonough. Period details abound in this breathtaking, all brick beauty. Original dark stained parquet wood floors in the dining and living room and white oak hardwoods flow throughout the rest of the home. Relax by the brick fireplace as you admire your stunning craftsman detailed crown molding. Sip mint juleps on the deck as you watch your stunning back yard bloom. Master features a bonus room that could be used as office or sitting room. Expandable attic and tons of storage space. Glassed in sun porch. Literally steps from the Oakhurst Village and Downtown Decatur. Walk to Agnes Scott College. Perfect for someone looking for historic charm in value in the city of Decatur.

2007 Dekalb Taxes: $274
Schools:
Elementary: OAKHURST
Middle: RENFROE
High: DECATUR

About the architect:
Leila Ross Wilburn, who attended Agnes Scott, was one of only two women registered as an architect in Atlanta in 1920. Ms. Wilburn designed and built a home in the neighborhood where she lived with her widowed mother and younger siblings. She published several popular planbooks that emphasized her status as a Southerner and a woman. Through these planbooks, she influenced neighborhood design throughout the Southeast during the 1920s.

In 1907 John Mason and Poleman Weekes purchased property that was to become Decatur's first residential subdivision. The district, known today as the M.A.K. neighborhood is named for its main streets, McDonough, Adams and Kings Highway, and encompasses ten city blocks of varying size. Ms. Wilburn was employed by Mason and Weekes to design many of the homes for the new subdivision.

The MAK neighborhood retains many of the Wilburn-designed homes and offers excellent examples of Craftsman style homes that were popular during the first three decades of the 20th century.