FULTON COUNTY, GA - HISTORY Castleberry Hill ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:Ann Taylor Boutwell AnnBoutwel@aol.com The following is from my October 2004 monthly historical column in Atlanta Intown and Atlanta Buckhead. The complete article is on Castleberry Hill neighborhood in downtown Atlanta, Fulton County. The fire destroyed Snake Nation so completely it never rose again. A few years later the high ground along Peters Street at the point where Fair Street crosses, became a respectable residential section known as Castleberry Hill. Judge John Collier who owned property in Land Lot 84 as early as 1847 built his home Greek Revival home in 1850 on Nelson Street, which survived the Civil War. Being a railroad center, the Federal forces destroyed most of the area during the Civil War including the old Methodist Episcopal Evans Chapel, built in 1851, by Rev. J. C. Oliver at a cost of $1,800, on the north side of Nelson Street west of Mangum. In 1866, the Methodist built a new structure on the corner of Chapel (called Racetrack) and Stonewall streets. Members stayed at the site until 1888, when they erected a $12,000 church with a seating capacity of 450 at the junction of Walker and Nelson streets. Ann Taylor Boutwell Atlanta News Group Atlanta Buckhead Atlanta Intown Address: 727 Juniper St. #1208 Atlanta, GA 30308 Telephone: 404-881-9424