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Listed for first time in three decades, Neel Reid classic in Buckhead fancies $5M

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Peachtree Heights West traditional is a well-kept beauty from a century ago

A big white traditional house with a very green lawn in front and magnolias at right.
Atop a sloped lot with a long drive, 1 Cherokee Road has stayed classy since the 1920s.
Beacham & Company Realtors

For the second time in a week, a traditional-style testament to the durability, enduring appeal, and overall quality of architect Neel Reid’s 1920s designs has reached the open Atlanta market.

This example on Cherokee Road in Buckhead—a 1923 six-bedroom consisting of more than 6,700 square feet—is being listed for the first time in three decades.

It joins a Colonial-style Reid design with a “Greek revival twist” near Fernbank Museum that officially went active at $2.2 million five days ago.

Asking a buck short of $5 million via Beacham & Company Realtors, the Peachtree Heights West residence occupies 1.6 manicured, largely private acres just south of the Atlanta History Center.

Reid, considered among the most prestigious residential architects in city history, sited this estate atop a hill with a swooping drive. It was completed three years before he succumbed to a brain tumor at age 40.

Described by marketers as “classic,” “amazing,” and “simply a beautiful home,” the property includes six and a half bathrooms, a functional guest house, and pool grounds that qualify as stately.

Throughout ITP Atlanta, it’s one of about 20 homes and lavish condos listed around $5 million and higher right now.

It’s certainly not every Atlantan’s cup o’ tea, stylistically speaking. But as the video accompanying the listing testifies, there’s little question this century-old residence remains refined.

A white living room with a fireplace in the background and exits to the backyard.
A main gathering point (among several) off the kitchen in the 6,742-square-foot estate.
A white walled living room with a white kitchen in the background. Couches at left and right.
View back toward the kitchen.
A large, cozy sunroom to the right of the home’s entrance.
A light-green dining room with a diamond patterned carpet at the floor.
Formal dining.
A very white kitchen with big white pendants overhead and a marble counter.
Lightness and brightness were orders of the day in the refurbished kitchen.
A white master bedroom with a big bed and fireplace at left.
The master bedroom includes a fireplace.
A master bathroom with grass-cloth wallpaper and round windows.
Into the master bathroom, with its long vanities.
A dining table on a brick patio with a white old home in the background.
Off the sunroom, an al fresco dining space.
A portal window from an upstairs hallways looking toward the front yard.
The level of detailing is apparent here.
Wood floors and yellow walls are shown with an exercise bike in a little room.
Upstairs living space in the guest house.
A pool with chairs and trees at each side, plus boxwoods.
The pool grounds.