Historical Marker

Brookhaven Historic District

Atlanta · DeKalb County

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The Story

Begun in 1910 around a golf course, Brookhaven was Georgia's first country-club neighborhood and an early national model for suburbs planned around recreation; the Capital City Club's 1927 clubhouse still anchors the district.

About this site

Brookhaven Historic District is a historical marker in Atlanta, DeKalb County. It is one of 98 historical markers documented in DeKalb County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8606, -84.3423 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Solomon Goodwin’s Res. (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, and The Samuel House Plantation.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.8606, -84.3423 · Atlanta, DeKalb County

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Nearby in DeKalb County

Historical Marker

Solomon Goodwin’s Res.

Brookhaven · 1954

College & University

Oglethorpe University

Brookhaven

Historical Marker

Oglethorpe University

Atlanta · 1995

Historical Marker

The Samuel House Plantation

1917 ✯ Camp Gordon ✯ 1919

Chamblee · 1988

Historical Marker

1941 ✯ Naval Air Station Atlanta ✯ 1959

Chamblee · 1991