Ranch Houses Rule in Many North Druid Hills Subdivisions
Popular in the 1950s and 1960s, these iconic American homes are all the rage again.
Ranch houses may not be sexy and they haven’t been on the cutting edge of American architecture for 50 years. But they are located throughout Atlanta’s suburbs and they are the most common house type in some North Druid Hills subdivisions. Despite being icons of the post-World-War II housing boom, they remain popular homes among all age groups. Ranch houses are the sublime in late mid-century-modern suburban housing and according to state and DeKalb County officials, they are historic. Ranch houses exploded across the American landscape in the late 1940s. The surge was fueled by easy mortgages guaranteed by federal agencies, abundant building supplies, and builders eager to house veterans and their families. The building boom helped make …
Kim Frazier
4:58 pm on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Having worked in the N Druid Hills area for a real estate law firm, a real estate agency and for the past 8 years as an insurance representative, I am familiar with many of these homes. I personally lived in a split-level ranch in the Laurel Ridge neighborhood at one time. The original pink oven sold me and the day it died was an unhappy day. Anyone familiar with the Laurel Ridge community will … more ›