MODEL NOW OPEN. Elegant new townhomes on the lovely grounds of Atlanta’s historic Fischer Mansion.
54 townhomes and mansion style flats • 3 & 4-bedroom units • From the high $300’s
Paces Ferry Realty
Stafford Properties
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Coming in Spring 2008…The Preserve at Fischer Mansion
In the 1930s, Atlantans flocked to a lush estate to stroll among the
formal gardens and picnic by the edge of Nancy Creek. Today a new
generation can call this estate home — The Preserve at
Fischer Mansion.
Centered on a grand historic home designed by renowned architect Philip Schutze, The Preserve at Fischer Mansion is an intown Atlanta community in the Chamblee or Chamblee-Dunwoody area that will include 54 new townhomes surrounded by beautifully landscaped, pet-friendly grounds – and 2.5 acres of green space. Close to Buckhead and the Perimeter, The Preserve at Fischer Mansion combines a piece of Southern history with fresh new design and fine amenities. Fischer Mansion and the grounds surrounding it have recently been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Preserve at Fischer Mansion will be ready for homeowners in Spring 2008. If you would like to receive progress updates over the next few months, please register here.
Master Planning and Community Engagement services for the Preserve at Fischer Mansion were provided by Sizemore Group. Architectural Design services were provided by PlaceMaker Design.
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Mansion I
Mansion II
Mansion III
Estate Home A
Estate Home B
Estate Home C
Estate Home D
Patio Home
Townhome A
Townhome B
Townhome C - coming soon
Townhome D
Townhome E
Pool and Clubhouse
What once served as the Mansion’s carriage house has been transformed into the clubhouse for intown Atlanta's The Preserve at Fischer Mansion. The result is a building that retains its original character and architectural details, yet provides a contemporary space for neighborhood get-togethers and group activities. Set alongside an original stone wall, the pool area will be a source for relaxation, exercise and community gatherings for all residents.
Nature Preserve
To honor Fischer Mansion’s legacy of horticultural beauty, the estate’s wonderful gardens have been preserved for new residents to explore and enjoy. The trees and foliage from the estate’s heyday have been enhanced and refreshed with hand-planted, period-appropriate flora and fauna to preserve the natural setting established a lifetime ago.
Dog Walking Trails
Dog owners will enjoy the pet-friendly preserve as their own private place for walking and exploring with their pets. Open natural areas as well as dog walk-specific spaces will provide those intown Chamblee-Dunwoody townhome homeowners with pets a flexibility and convenience not typically found in intown neighborhoods.
Picnic Area
When you explore the Preserve, you’ll find that a pet-friendly intown Atlanta space has been prepared to be enjoyed by residents for picnics and other casual relaxation. Almost like a private park for residents of this Dunwoody / Atlanta Perimeter townhome community, this is a perfect place to have a picnic with friends or just spend some quality time outdoors.
Location
With highways, shopping and restaurants close by and only minutes from Buckhead and the Atlanta Perimeter, The Preserve at Fischer Mansion’s location provides the discriminating intown Atlanta townhouse homeowner with the ideal solution: a balance between wanting a neighborhood that is open, natural, stylish and pet-friendly yet needing a home that is in close proximity to the best of Atlanta's intown, Dunwoody and Chamblee-Dunwoody areas.
During the 1930s, Lucy Fischer’s flowers were one of Atlanta’s most popular attractions. Fischer Mansion’s gardens were open to the public, and drew thousands of weekend visitors to “Flowerland,” as the property was then called.
A 1939 article claimed that the Fischers had planted as many as 16,000 plants on the estate, in 487 varieties. It’s said that the property boasted 10 acres of roses alone!
Honoring the Fischer Legacy
To honor the Fischers’ legacy of horticultural beauty, we have revived
many of the estate’s wonderful gardens and preserved the huge trees
hugging the banks of Nancy Creek. Almost two acres of original pet-friendly trails,
stone walls and garden spots have been cleared and refreshed, and many
areas have been replanted by hand with period-appropriate plants to
preserve the heritage of the property.
Fischer Mansion residents will have access to an expanse of woodlands, and will enjoy strolling among the estate’s dogwoods, azaleas, rhododendron, boxwoods, hydrangeas and fragrant shrubs. Thousands of hillside flowers will greet visitors in the spring and summer, and fall color will abound.
We’re confident that Lucy Fischer wouldn’t have it any other way.
Overview
Beautiful Fischer Mansion was built in 1930 for prominent Atlanta physician Dr. Luther
Fischer, cofounder of Crawford Long Memorial Hospital, and his wife Lucy Hurt Fischer.
Designed by renowned architect Phillip Trammel Shutze, Fischer Mansion combines the fine
lines of America’s most notable Neoclassical residences with delicate Regency details in an
elegant edifice marked by an impressive columned garden porch.
The Fischers called their 100-acre estate “Flowerland,” and developed it into one of the premier horticultural showplaces of the South. Especially known for its variety of roses, Flowerland was open to the public and thousand of visitors came to stroll among the Fischer gardens.
Lucy Fischer passed away in 1937, and in 1945, the house was sold to John and Fronia Lee. In 1959, the estate, then 48 acres, was transferred to the Catholic Diocese of Atlanta, and was used as a private girls’ school, D’Youville Academy, which closed in 1969.
In the early 1970s, the property was subdivided, and the mansion changed hands several times. For one year, it housed a private grade school called Phoenix Academy. In the late 1970s, the property was purchased by Atlanta Unity Church, which used the mansion for church services, adult education classes, weddings, receptions, parties and dinners.
In July of 2004, the Atlanta Unity Church board voted to demolish the mansion to make room for a classroom building and parking. A grassroots preservation effort to save the historic house caught the attention of Stafford Properties, which acquired the property in 2005 with the intent of designing a new development with Fischer Mansion as its centerpiece.
Scheduled to open in 2008, The Preserve at Fischer Mansion will honor the past while celebrating the future, safeguarding the estate as home to a new generation of discerning Atlantans who desire a pet-friendly, intown Atlanta townhome in the Chamblee-Dunwoody area near Buckhead.
Georgia’s Own Classicist — Architect Phillip Trammel Shutze
Dr. Luther Fischer made two excellent decisions late in the 1920s. First, he chose a stunning
site for his new home, on a beautiful bluff overlooking bubbling Nancy Creek. Second, he
chose the one of the finest architects in the country to design his elegant estate — Atlanta’s
own Phillip Trammel Shutze.
The result was Fischer Mansion, a stately Neoclassical residence surrounded by acres of gardens, and enjoyed by thousands of Atlantans who visited the property at the height of rose season every year. “Flowerland,” as the estate was called, is just one example of Shutze’s architectural genius. He also designed other prominent Atlanta homes, including Swan House, Knollwood, and the Patterson-Carr House. In addition, Shutze designed noteworthy public buildings such as Glenn Memorial Church, The Temple and East Lake Country Club.
A Georgia Native
Shutze was born in 1890 in Columbus, Georgia, and won a scholarship to Georgia Tech to
study architecture. He graduated with honors in 1912, earned a second degree from
Columbia University in New York, and returned to Atlanta where he joined the firm of Hentz,
Reid and Adler. In 1915, he won the Rome Prize, and studied at the AmericanAcademy in
Rome.
For 40 years, Shutze was known as one of America’s finest classical architects. He died in 1982 at age 92.
Preserving Fischer Mansion
In the spring of 2004, when Atlanta Unity Church announced its intention to demolish Fischer
Mansion, historic preservationists and the neighboring community and were moved to action.
A grassroots group formed, calling itself “Save the Mansion,” and immediately began
soliciting support for a preservation effort.
The group quickly convinced Dekalb County to issue a moratorium on the issuance of building permits, pending a study of the property by the church, the county and preservation experts. Neighbors distributed thousand of flyers and applied to the Dekalb County Historic Preservation Commission to have the building officially designated as an historic property.
Growing Support
This application bought valuable time: until the Dekalb County Historic Preservation
Commission ruled on the application, the mansion was protected. In the meantime, Save the
Mansion continued to encourage supporters to contact the church, county commissioners and
others who would hear their pleas to save the property.
Several organizations expressed interest in leasing or purchasing only the building, but Save the Mansion continued its efforts to attract attention to the once-grand estate.
Stafford Steps In
These efforts extended well into 2005, when the estate caught the eye of Stafford Properties,
which proposed rezoning the property to accommodate a new townhouse development with
Fischer Mansion as its centerpiece.
Stafford Properties met with neighborhood groups and leaders of Save the Mansion to review plans for redevelopment. This collaborative approach resulted in saving Fischer Mansion and its surrounding grounds, preserving a priceless historic estate for future generations to enjoy.
Contact Paces Ferry Realty at (404) 842-4900 to be placed on our priority information list. Or, you may contact one of our sales team members.
Connie Williams, Paces Ferry Realty
(404) 313-2229
conniewilliams@pacesferryrealty.com
Mary Grace Stubbs, Paces Ferry Realty
(404) 358-5142
marygrace@pacesferryrealty.com
Kevin McBride, Paces Ferry Realty
(404) 626-6884
kevinmcbride@pacesferryrealty.com
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