{"nrhp_refnum":"03000136","name":"Briarcliff-Normandy Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Roughly along Briarcliff Rd., Normandy Dr. and Chalmette Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.788353820000054,"lon":-84.34196159899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of nine two- and three-story International Style brick apartment buildings on about six acres in the Druid Hills area of Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, built between 1947 and 1949.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be a very early, high-style example of International Style residential architecture in Atlanta, marking a shift away from traditional pre-war styles. It is also significant as a planned apartment complex built at one time with integral landscaping during the post-World War II housing shortage and building boom.","narrative":"Briarcliff-Normandy Apartments is a group of nine brick apartment buildings, two and three stories tall, built between 1947 and 1949 on about six acres beside Druid Hills in Atlanta. The buildings use flat roofs, steel casement windows, plain wall surfaces and colorful ceramic tile and glass block around the entrances. Red brick covers six buildings and buff brick covers three. The complex holds 85 apartments, was converted to condominiums in 1979, and has been used for housing continuously since 1949. It was listed for its architecture and its planning. It is described as an early, high-style example of International Style housing in Atlanta, departing from the traditional revival styles of earlier apartments. Its single-phase site plan, landscaping and amenities, including a nursery and playgrounds, reflect the post-war housing shortage. The architect and builder are unknown. A swimming pool added later is the only noncontributing resource.","period_of_significance":"1947-1949","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"In continuous residential use since completion in 1949; converted to condominiums in 1979 and retains its original appearance apart from added storage units in some basement garages.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.444065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03000136.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000136/9c0a38cf32-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000136/9c0a38cf32-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Atcharles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briarcliff-_Normandy_Apartments_-a_char.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Atcharles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briarcliff-_Normandy_Apartments_-a_char.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207744","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126726504"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/briarcliff-normandy-apartments-03000136/"}