Averett Woods
Averett Woods is a residential neighborhood located in Midtown of Columbus, Georgia. The neighborhood was founded when the first house was built in 1959.
History
Before the founding of the Averett Woods Neighborhood, the land was a country place of Clifford Monroe Averett and his wife Katharine Hill Averett. Katharine was from the prominent Hill family in Columbus, Georgia.[1] The Averetts lived at the Averett-Sullivan house on Wynnton Road. The land of Averett Woods remained a country place until 1959 when Katharine Averett passed away. Clifford Averett passed before his wife in 1954. The land then went to their three children, Katharine Averett Kimbrough, Sheila Averett Horn, and Clifford Monroe Averett Jr. The three children decided to develop the land as Columbus was growing, and the land was no longer in the country but midtown. The siblings divided the land into lots for houses to be built. The three biggest lots were saved for the siblings, and the siblings drew straws to decide who got to pick first out of the three biggest lots. Clifford, the youngest, built his house first in 1959, the Averett-Yarbrough House.[2] The Averett-Yarbrough house was designed by Rozier Dedwylder.[3] Katharine, the oldest, built her house next across from her brother's in 1961, and then finally Sheila who built her house across from Clifford in 1963. All three houses are mid-century modern. All the street names in the neighborhood are family names of the Averett family. The siblings sold the rest of the lots in the neighborhood allowing people to build custom homes. All the homes had to be approved by developers.
References
- ↑ Averett, Katharine (February 22, 1959). "Death Claims Mrs. Averett". Ledger enquirer.
- ↑ "Averett Woods". Midtown,Inc. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ "Yarbrough Residence". The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
- ↑ James Rose. University of Georgia Press. 2017. p. 133-145. Search this book on
- ↑ CARDASIS, Dean (SUMMER 2017). "Garden as Space and Sculpture". View (17): 56-60. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Garden Angels". Modern Magzine. SARAH KINBAR. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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