Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Margaret Mitchell House, birthplace of Gone With The Wind, is a turn-of-the-century, three-story, Tudor Revival mansion where Margaret Mitchell lived and wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Margaret Mitchell lived in the house between 1925 and 1932 after it was converted to a 10-unit apartment building. She and her husband, John Marsh, lived in apartment #1.
The house remained an apartment building until 1978, when it was abandoned and eventually boarded up. In 1985, a group of preservationists came together to save and restore the house. To keep it from demolition, Mayor Andrew Young designated the house a city landmark in 1989, and the restoration effort continued.
In 1994, arson struck the house, and Daimler-Benz, the German industrial group, stepped forward with a $5 million contribution allowing the purchase of the property and restoration of the landmark building. Arson struck the house again in 1996, just 40 days before its scheduled completion, and the restoration process began again. The house was officially dedicated on May 16, 1997, to the city of Atlanta in a ceremony featuring Governor Zell Miller, Mayor Bill Campbell, founding patron Daimler-Benz, students from the Margaret Mitchell Elementary School in Atlanta and keynote speaker author Tom Wolfe. On May 17, 1997, the Margaret Mitchell House opened to the public and since then, has entertained over 50,000 visitors a year from all fifty states and the District of Columbia, and from over 70 foreign countries.
The docent-led tour is a one-hour experience with exclusive photographs and archival exhibits that begin to tell the story of Margaret Mitchell beyond Gone With The Wind. The tour begins in the Visitors Center with 'It May Not Be Tara,' a locally-produced movie about the life of Margaret Mitchell and the battle to preserve the house. The tour continues into the house and through her apartment and ends with an opportunity for visitors to enjoy the Museum Shop, complete with unique gifts, souvenirs, and Gone With The Wind collectibles and memorabilia. On December 15, 1999, the 60th anniversary of the movie premiere in Atlanta, an additional museum opened, featuring the Gone With The Wind, movie illuminating the making of the movie, the premiere and legacy with memorabilia from the Herb Bridges collection and the doorway of Tara from the movie set.
The Margaret Mitchell House is conveniently located at the comer of 10th and Peachtree Streets in the heart of Midtown Atlanta. To purchase tickets, guests enter through the front doors of the Visitors Center located at the comer of Peachtree Street and Peachtree Place. The house is adjacent to the Midtown MARTA Station, offers free parking, and is just a few blocks from I-75/85.
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