May 10, 2005
National Register of Historic Places - George & Emily Winship Jr. House
Statement of Significance: The George Winship, Jr., House is significant in architecture as an excellent example of a high style Tudor Revival-style house. It is significant as a work of the well-known Atlanta firm of Burge and Stevens, a firm whose successor firm is still in business as Stevens and Wilkinson. The house reflects the use of a variety of brick, limestone, and wood motifs to create a house harking back to the 16th century. On the interior, the house retains its original high ceilings, massive stair hall with mahogany details and paneling, built-in bookcases in the living room, original fireplaces, and hardwood floors. The house is significant in social history for the role of the owner/occupant of the house, George Winship, Jr. (1884-1956), who was an Atlanta civic and business leader, president of Fulton Supply Co., a former bank president, and an influential board member on many corporate and social boards. For nearly 30 years was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott College, a private woman's college in Decatur, near Atlanta. Mr. Winship spent the peak of his business career, the last thirty years of his life, in this house.
National Register of Historic Places - George & Emily Winship Jr. House
Statement of Significance: The George Winship, Jr., House is significant in architecture as an excellent example of a high style Tudor Revival-style house. It is significant as a work of the well-known Atlanta firm of Burge and Stevens, a firm whose successor firm is still in business as Stevens and Wilkinson. The house reflects the use of a variety of brick, limestone, and wood motifs to create a house harking back to the 16th century. On the interior, the house retains its original high ceilings, massive stair hall with mahogany details and paneling, built-in bookcases in the living room, original fireplaces, and hardwood floors. The house is significant in social history for the role of the owner/occupant of the house, George Winship, Jr. (1884-1956), who was an Atlanta civic and business leader, president of Fulton Supply Co., a former bank president, and an influential board member on many corporate and social boards. For nearly 30 years was the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott College, a private woman's college in Decatur, near Atlanta. Mr. Winship spent the peak of his business career, the last thirty years of his life, in this house.
May 10, 2005
Posted Date
Aug 11, 2023
Historical Record Date
May 10, 2005
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
