Leete Hall 1922 at Carver High

I had no idea! I'd seen it at a distance but never up close until last Saturday. I was returning from Spivey Hall the long way, up Jonesboro Road through South Atlanta. A train blocked Hank Aaron at McDonough at University so I turned in.


This is the view you see in pictures, a Tudor tower on a little rise.

It's over the top in the very best way.



Carver High, George Washington Carver High School, is now the "The New Schools at Carver." But the main building we see today is Leete Hall (1922) designed by Alexander Hamilton and Henry White Jr.. In 1922 this was the campus of Clark University and Gammon College, now Gammon Theological Seminary I think. The colleges moved out of South Atlanta in 1941.


It's like a cathedral.


I was totally alone on the campus. It's not a huge place but I was overwhelmed.


I needed hours to spot the details.


Every corner deserved a closeup.


The backside is better than most front-sides.


Remarkable to see a cross on a school these days.


Now I know.


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Interview: Terry Kearns, Architecture Tourist by wanderlust ATLANTA

Travis Taylor is a dynamo who blogs Atlanta. I think he's trying to visit every interesting place and do every interesting thing around here. He hasn't done it all yet but he's way ahead of us. I'm in awe. Interview here.

I'd say wanderlust ATLANTA is THE online travelogue for Atlanta except "travelogue" isn't quite enough. Wanderlust is both a guide and an homage to great places right under out nose.


Here's Travis, blogger at wanderlust ATLANTA in the back yard of the Atlanta Preservation Center.

I met Travis online via his blog. We finally met in person at the First Church of Christ Scientist on March 8, 2011 for the Phoenix Flies tour. We've crossed path many times since online (I read every post) and in person when I'm lucky.

Here's the Interview: Terry Kearns, Architecture Tourist. We had a great time walking Charles Allen taking pictures for the interview.

Here are the questions:

1. Why Architecture Tourist? How did you get started and what keeps you blogging?
2. What’s your favorite aspect of the architecture discipline and why?
3. If you could create a city block of existing Atlanta buildings, what would that block include?
4. As a preservationist, what call-to-action do you feel is most important in saving Atlanta’s architectural history?
5. You created a “Stained Glass Bucket List” for the 10th Anniversary of the Atlanta Preservation Center’s “Phoenix Flies” tours. Details?

Thanks Travis, see you around and at wanderlust ATLANTA.