Historic Sites in Dunwoody, GA

5455 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA Recognitions: Georgia Register of Historic Places (1999), National Register of Historic Places (1999) Carefully restored today, the now-elegant house had humble beginnings. Originally built as a one... Read more

5695 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA  Nestled in the heart of Dunwoody is a hidden gem that most residents have never seen nor heard of, New Hope Cemetery. Located about half a mile north from the intersection of Mount Vernon and Cham... Read more

5343 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody, GA This home was built on ten acres of land purchased by Dr. T.K. Peters in 1945. An interesting story about Peters involved the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Having just returned from a tour of China, wher... Read more

5661 Glenrich Drive, Dunwoody, GA This house is the oldest home in Dunwoody, built in 1840 by Larkin Martin on more than 300 acres. Just one year later, the house and land were sold on the steps of the DeKalb County courthouse on July 6, 18... Read more

7325 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody, GA The first church established in Dunwoody was Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church in 1829, which is located at the corner of Spalding Drive and Roberts Road. Before the congregation submitted a petition to beco... Read more

5308 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody, GA Willis J and Clara Swancy purchased this home, which originally sat on 31 acres of land, in 1930. Clara’s family lived in a home across the street  on land that is now the site of the DeKalb County fireho... Read more

5518 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA  Construction of a railroad track through Dunwoody began before the Civil War, was suspended with the track unfinished during the war and resumed in the 1870s. Between 1880 and 1921, the Roswell Ra... Read more

1548 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, GA  The Dunwoody United Methodist Church began in 1899 as an inter-denominational Sunday School whose members met at the Dunwoody schoolhouse for the first four years. At that time, the Dunwoody School was w... Read more

244 Perimeter Center Parkway, NE, Dunwoody, GA  Sitting quietly between an office building and a shopping center is a small family cemetery that very few folks know about. The family cemetery of Stephen Martin is hidden between commercia... Read more

4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA  Stephen Spruill was a Dunwoody pioneer who owned hundreds of acres of land in the area. When he married Mollie Lee Carter in 1889, he moved into a log home behind his grandparent’s home near the ... Read more

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 t... Read more

4831 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA  Recognitions: Georgia Register of Historic Places (2008), National Register of Historic Places (2009) At the end of the Civil War, William James Donaldson, known to his family as WJ, returned to t... Read more

5171 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA  Recognition: First brick home built in Dunwoody The Eidson family members were pioneers in Dunwoody. Boyce and Zachariah were brothers, the first in the family to move to Dunwoody. Both brothers d... Read more

2081 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, GA The Warnock Cottage on Mt. Vernon Road was built in 1913 and is the site of the original house constructed in the late 1800’s by William R. Warnock. William’s family immigrated from Ireland and initial... Read more

2579 W. Foutainebleau Court, Dunwoody, GA Mrs. Clara B. Cassidy built the home in 1930 as a hunting lodge and summer home. Forty acres of land surrounded the house, which she purchased for ten dollars per acre. The home's original well and ... Read more

2690 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, GA (located in the SE corner of the parking lot of Life Center Family Church) This home is located on the grounds of the Life Center Family Church. It originally faced Mt. Vernon Road, but was moved by the ... Read more

1741 Houghton Court South, Dunwoody, GA Originally facing Mt. Vernon Road, the house is located in Dunwoody Club Forest on Houghton Court. Commonly referred to as “The Shack” by the family, the home features high ceilings, spacious room... Read more