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FORTIFIED HILLS THE PERFECT REST
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This shows one of the older “places" where the trees and shrubbery have had a chance
to grow and where persons who work in the city are only twenty minutes from their homes by trol
ley. They have a chance to enjoy nature and pure air away from the dust and heat of city streets.
AFTER nearly nine years of labor, during which time hundreds of thousands of
dollars have been spent in developing and beautifying the property, Fortified
Hills, the ideal residence section for the man of moderate means, is ready for the market.
Many people have been waiting for this announcement. Dozens of lots could
have been sold time and time again during the past nine years. Hundreds of inquiries
have been made about them. Good prices have been offered for them.
But the owner of this vast tract of ideal residence property, Dr. E. W. Grove, pre
ferred not to sell.
And he had a good reason, too. He wanted the property developed before it was
placed on the market. He wanted to be able to say:
“You see what IS here,” instead of “This map shows how it WILL be.”
He wanted the property to look right before home-seekers and investors were
given opportunities of investing their money.
A few exceptions were made in the part of this tract which was developed first.
Dr. Grove erected several handsome stone bungalows and sold them along with the lots to a few.
But he steadfastly refused to allow the property to be thrown upon the market until his plans had
been well along toward maturity.
In the nearly nine years he has had large forces of men working on the property, streets have
been laid out and paved. Cement sidewalks have been put down together with curbing.
Beautiful parks have been laid out and carefully cared for. Rustic bridges have been built
over the little streamlets. Substantial stone and concrete buildings have been erected. A hand
some school was one of the first buildings erected. And Professor Brittain was kind enough to
say that, considering its size, it was the finest school building in Fulton county.
The county supplies the best of teachers and all branches are taught as they are in the largest
city schools.
No expense has been spared to make Fortified Hills everything Dr. Grove had in mind when
he first purchased this property and began the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars
upon it.
Everything that has been done has been done in the best manner possible. Nothing has been
slighted. As much care and pains have been given the detail of this development as if the property
were intended for multi-millionares.
There are about 328 acres in Fortified Hills. Thegreater portion of this has been developed
and the remaining portion is bfeing worked upon. Many men are at work now building roads,
doing paving, putting down concrete sidewalks and completing the development.
Fortified Hills is unique in other respects.
It is the only residence section ot its kind in Atlanta, with one exception, and that exception is
also the result of Dr. Grove’s energy and activity. This exception is Atkins Park, adjoining Druid
It is unique in that it is laid off in the “place” system—a plan which insures residents of an ex
clusiveness only enjoyed heretofore by the purchasers of very high priced realty in exclusive sections.
In traveling over the country Dr. Grove noticed that in every city the man of moderate
means—the salaried man earning from $25 to S4O or SSO a week-'-was compelled to live in stuffy
apartment houses or residences built close to the sidewalk with all the dust and noise . .
and impure air of the city.
So he conceived the idea of developing this vast tract into a section for salaried
men where there would be the beauty and exclusiveness of the higher priced sections.
The property fronts on the River car line for nearly four miles, counting both sides
of the street. Ihe car line is practically at the door of each resident, yet it brings with
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, eTUNE 29, 1912.
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streets is a little park with shrubs, trees and owers, No houses are built on these parks, arid tl M
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parks upon which the homes front ever be is
Residents are not annoyed by object ionab ? 1
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There are many other advantages. Fort: ic
home owner need never fear of a grocery store o
iness being built next to him. Fortified Hills wis
built there. Then, too, there are race restrict ir
as environment is concerned, to make life pleas ir
Fortified Hills.
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brook is fed by bubbling springs, and is the free, happy playgrou id
