Historic Grant Park - Paperback

by Jennifer Cuthbertson (Author), Philip Cuthbertson (Author)

Both the neighborhood of Grant Park and the 131-acre park take their shared name from railroad executive Lemuel P. Grant.

The park was a gift to the City of Atlanta from Grant and was designed by John Charles Olmsted, the stepson of

Author Biography

Images and relics of this idyllic area have been preserved by organizations such as the Atlanta Preservation Center, the Atlanta History Center, the State of Georgia, and Georgia State University. These collections, along with those of past and present neighborhood residents and local churches, are showcased in Images of America: Historic Grant Park. Since the early 1990s, authors Jennifer Goad Cuthbertson and Philip M. Cuthbertson have made this neighborhood their home and have worked with a variety of organizations to preserve the integrity of it as well as the park.