Where is the highest new house in Atlanta, can you guess?

This little house is gone now. They are building a new one. At At 1037 feet above sea level I believe this is the highest new house in Atlanta. And only a handful of Atlanta houses, old or new are higher.

It's going to be a remarkable house. Though not yet complete, it's already on the market and I will blog it.

For now I'll give you a hint from the rooftop deck on a very hazy summer day.


The highest new house in Atlanta is on a ridge-top, poking its roof into Atlanta's famous green canopy. You can see an intervening ridge here. The distant buildings sit on a 3rd prominent Atlanta ridgeline.

Here are some approximate hints thanks to Google Earth.

1081: Peachtree at Ellis Street (former Davison's department store)
1075: Sisters Chapel, Spellman college
1060: Oakland Cemetery
1055: Kirkwood School (now condo) on Kirkwood Ave
1052: Moreland at I-20 1052 Battle of Atlanta
1045: State Capital
1045: Old Dekalb County Courthouse, Decatur
1042: Old Roosevelt HS, Grant Park
1041: Mt Paron at E. Conway 1041
1041: Mt. Vernon Rd west of Ashford Dunwoody
1037: Highest new house in Atlanta?
1031: Carter Center
1030: Ticketing / Baggage claim road at Airport
1022: Fox Theater
1022: Houston Mill, highest point near Emory and what a view
1017: Peachtree at Piedmont
1007: Loring Hieghts self storage
1005: Peachtree at Paces Ferry 1005
991 Governor's Mansion
961: White Provision (but what a view)
955: Atlanta Botanical Garden's Great Lawn
890: Ponce de Leon at the old Sears Building
883: Architecture Tourist World HQ
778: Peachtree Road at Peachtree Creek

Not in the city limits:
1808: Kennesaw Mountain
1686: Stone Mountain