Decatur Waterworks, Atlanta

Name: Decatur Waterworks
Address: Atlanta, United States

#295 among attractions in Atlanta

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The Decatur Waterworks was a facility that obtained drinking water for the city of Decatur, Georgia, from the local Peachtree Creek and Burnt Fork Creek. Completed in 1907 and abandoned since the 1940s, the Waterworks have fallen into disrepair and are covered with graffiti. The Decatur Waterworks are in Mason Mill Park, near the city of Decatur. ()

Elevation: 892 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 33°48'28"N, 84°18'8"W

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North Druid Hills (Toco Hills)Atlanta United States

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Decatur Waterworks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Emory University Libraries, Lullwater House, Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, Emory Grove Historic District.

1.7 miSW
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Emory University Libraries, Atlanta
43 min walk • Emory University Libraries is the collective group of academic libraries at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The libraries include the Robert W. Woodruff Library, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Goizueta Business Library, Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library, Pitts Theology Library, Oxford College Library, and the Stuart A.
0.9 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Tudor Revival architecture
Lullwater House, Atlanta
24 min walk • Lullwater House is the president's mansion at Emory University near Atlanta, Georgia, overlooking Candler Lake. It was built in 1926 as the residence of Walter T. Candler, son of Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler. The mansion is in the form of an L, in Tudor-Gothic revival style. The architects were Ivey and Crook.
1 miE
33°48'25"N • 84°17'4"W
Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve, Atlanta
26 min walk • Park, Nature and wildlife, Hiking trail
1.2 miSW
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Colonial revival architecture
Emory Grove Historic District, Atlanta
31 min walk • Emory Grove is a small area of bungalow style homes built in 1939 and the 1940s in Druid Hills, Georgia near Emory University. The Emory Grove Historic District, located between Emory University and the city of Decatur, Georgia, is a 90-acre historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.