The Norris "Little House" (circa 1901)

5068 Sirron Court, Dunwoody, GA

It’s not the actual size of the home on Sirron Court in Dunwoody that prompted the Norris family to refer to the house as “little,” but the comparative size to the original home which burned down in the late 1930s. The current home is 2475 square feet with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two kitchens, a sitting room, sunroom, mother-in-law suite and screened porch is larger than a number of Dunwoody homes. This smaller house, built on the property more than 100 years ago as a guest house, was occupied by the Norris’ eldest daughter, Marie Letts until the 1960s.

The Norris family owned the Norris Candy Company in Atlanta. This was their summer home. Arthur Leland Norris was the founder of the candy company, which began in 1905 and was very successful. The business closed in the 1960s. Arthur and his wife had five children, three of whom lived to adulthood: two daughters including Marie and one son, Joel Davis Norris (J.D.). The family had many acres of land just south of Valley View Lane off of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, and Arthur had both the family home and guest house built on the property.

Today the house is a private residence.

Fun Fact: The house is is located on Sirron Court, which is Norris spelled backwards.