"If oak is the king of trees, as tradition has it, then the white oak, throughout its range, is the king of kings." DONALD PEATTIE Respected 20th century naturalist
WHITE OAKS
History White Oaks was constructed in 1926 for Bolling and Dorothy Jones. They moved into the house with infant sons. The story goes that Mrs. Jones drew out her vision on a paper sack and Pringle & Smith Architects were paid $1,300 to provide the architectural drawings. The cost of construction was $19,500 with the landscaping and pool cost at $1,800. Originally the property consisted of 140 acres, with cows, horses, pigs, and chickens. The pool was the first heated pool in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta History Center. Mr. Jones died in 1970 and Mrs. Jones died in 1997. White Oaks was sold in 1997 to a family who lived there for one year. A subsequent owner never inhabited the house, and the current family purchased the house in 2003. The current owner had a vision of what he wanted his residence to become, how he wanted to incorporate objets d’art into the design and how his work on this house was a continuum of the Atlanta residential architecture tradition. The goal of this project was to bring this house to life architecturally in the best and most elegant manner. From the design of the floor plan, to the structure, to the exterior cornice and interior mouldings, the specific and special placement of numerous unique collections, much care and thought have been poured into each part of the creative process. Through all of the creative process an overarching goal has been to remain true to the elements of proportion and scale presented in the original Pringle & Smith residence. The project spanned a ten year period.
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Studie Young