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Atlanta, GA, United States, 2007/10/25 - The home of Alice Harrell Strickland, Georgia’s first woman mayor, has been in the family's hands since it was built in 1898, five generations ago, and will soon be sold.
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The Strickland House, located at 2956 Buford Highway, Duluth, Georgia was built in 1898 by Henry Strickland Jr. and his wife, Alice Harrell Strickland. They both were from early pioneer families in the area. Settlement in the Duluth area did not begin until sometime after 1818 when Gwinnett County was created by and act of the General Assembly of Georgia and the area was opened to settlers. Also a new name, Duluth was chosen. One of the early settlers in Gwinnett County was Henry Strickland, Sr. father of Henry Strickland, Jr. builder of the Strickland House. Henry Strickland Sr. died November 7, 1904 at the age of 96 and buried in the Duluth cemetery.
Henry Strickland Jr. was born in 1853. He was a young lawyer and businessman of Duluth. He married Alice Harrell who was the daughter of a pioneer settler in Forsyth County. They raised seven children. Three girls and four boys.
In addition to raising a sizable family, Alice Strickland was a community activist and took an active part in civic affairs. She became a widow in 1917, but rather than leading a retiring type of life, she went on to become Georgia’s first woman mayor. She ably served as mayor of Duluth in 1922-23, and as president of the Civic Club. She also opened her home for a clinic to have children’s tonsils and adenoids removed since there was no hospital facility at that time. Ms. Strickland also led the community in forestry conservation and donated a tract of land for a community forest to be planted and used by the children of Duluth for educational and recreational purposes. This is believed to be the first community forest started in Georgia. She was honored on Mother’s Day 1923 by the American Forestry Guild in Reading, Pennsylvania. A white Birch tree was planted for her in the City Park. She and her husband built the Strickland House in 1898 and after her family was grown and gone she continued to live in the house until her death in 1947.
The house is located in the heart of the City at 2956 Buford Highway and near the historic downtown. It is quite visible and stands out along its 1097 feet of road frontage. The property has beautiful, mature trees and other vegetation and landscaping. The house has been restored beautifully, contains 11 bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms, has parking for 12, a gazebo, and an outbuilding for maintenance equipment. The property encompasses 2.89 acres, is zoned highway commercial, and is being marketed by Star Team Atlanta and Concentric Group Real Estate, both affiliated with Keller Williams Realty Intown.
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