{"nrhp_refnum":"88001167","name":"Briarcliff","other_names":["Candler,Asa G.,Jr.,House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1260 Briarcliff Rd., NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.78950271900004,"lon":-84.34088949099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-08-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Briarcliff, the Asa G. Candler, Jr. House, is a Georgian Revival mansion and ten-acre estate at 1260 Briarcliff Road NE in Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia. The main block was completed in 1922 and the grounds hold outbuildings, terraces and walls.","why_significant":"The nomination cites Criteria A and B for Asa G. Candler, Jr., whose unusual activities on the estate included a private zoo, a public swimming pool and a commercial laundry, along with his real estate and cemetery work. It cites Criterion C for the house as an excellent Georgian Revival example designed by Charles E. Frazier, with an outstanding Music Room and surviving greenhouses and garden terraces.","narrative":"Briarcliff is a large Georgian Revival mansion on ten acres at 1260 Briarcliff Road in Atlanta, once part of a forty-two-acre estate built for Asa G. Candler, Jr. The three-story buff brick house, finished in 1922, has a semicircular portico with four Corinthian columns and sits on a rusticated granite base. Architect Charles E. Frazier designed it. Inside, the standout is the Music Room, now DeOvies Hall, a three-story space with carved oak panels, a stone fireplace and faux-wood trusses. Surviving grounds features include a seven-foot granite wall, terraces, pergolas, greenhouses, a carriage house and a bathhouse. Candler, a son of the Coca-Cola president, ran a private zoo from 1932 to 1935, operated a public pool from 1933, and was active in real estate and cemetery development. The property was recognized for his role in Atlanta's social history and for the quality of its architecture. It has served for decades as a counseling and rehabilitation center.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles E. Frazier (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Adapted for counseling and rehabilitation use (DeKalb Addiction Center); the pool and bathhouse are in very poor condition, and the greenhouses were being repaired in 1987-88.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.462269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/88001167.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001167/f50989b05a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001167/f50989b05a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Keizers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_G._Candler,_Jr._Mansion.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Keizers</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asa_G._Candler,_Jr._Mansion.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207742","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briarcliff_(mansion)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965784"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/briarcliff-88001167/"}