Garden Hills
Beautiful Garden Hills Since 1925 chronicles the one hundred-year history of one of Atlanta’s most attractively landscaped neighborhoods, nestled within the famed Buckhead district. Discover its first inhabitants, from the Muskogee to its early residents. Meet founder Phillips Campbell McDuffie, whose impressive development plans included a state-of-the-art pool, stables, and riding club. Enjoy an inside peek […]
RTFC (Refinery Terminal Fire Company)
In the pages of The Hottest Job on the Gulf—75 Years of RTFC, you’ll read how the company grew, training and then placing firefighters—referred to as “in-plants”—at facilities up and down Refinery Row. Along the road, from recruit to experienced industrial firefighter, are the multiple required certifications, agility tests, strength training, book tests, and practice. […]
Atlanta History Center
Philip Trammell Shutze, one Atlanta’s foremost twentieth-century architects, followed the Classical tradition in art and architecture from his hometown in Georgia to Rome, Italy—and stops in between. Shutze demonstrated that interest in the hundreds of residential and commercial works he designed throughout the Southeast and in the furniture, porcelain, pottery, art, and decorations he chose […]
Cincinnati Women’s Club
https://bookhouse.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cwc.png In The Life of the Future—The Cincinnati Woman’s Club, author Michele Marill explores how this organization, one of the oldest civic groups in the city, has admirably balanced honoring the past with embracing the future. Founded in 1894 by women eager to develop their full potential and make their voices heard in Cincinnati, the Club […]
Art Beyond Boundaries
Familiar Faces is unique. It stands as the lone historical record of Ersatz County, Indiana’s, ignored and largely forgotten ninety-third county. Ersatz County and Grindle, its equally obscure seat of government, are home to not just square pegs, but more than a few triangular ones that gave up trying to fit in round holes years ago. […]
Atlanta Athletic Club
https://bookhouse.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/acc-2-3d-jacket-slider.png Several Georgia golf clubs lay claim to being one of the golfing homes to the legendary Bobby Jones, but the fabled Atlanta Athletic Club is the only true heir. Named time and again as one of America’s top golf clubs, it is not only a sporting paradise, but is host to many PGA events […]
Dallas Theater Center
When Dallas Theater Center was founded about sixty years ago, they hired the world-famous Frank Lloyd Wright to design their facility. Wright flew out for his first meeting, stepped off the plane, and the first words he spoke to his new clients was, “Where’s my money?” Relations obviously improved and today, Dallas Theater Center is […]