Lullwater House, Tudor-Gothic mansion in Druid Hills, Atlanta, United States
Lullwater House is a Tudor-Gothic mansion located on the shores of Candler Lake at Emory University. The structure features thick stone walls, soaring windows, and multiple chimneys that rise prominently above the surrounding landscape.
Walter T. Candler, son of Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler, commissioned architects Ivey and Crook in 1926 to design this residence. The building was later acquired by Emory University and has served as the official president's residence since 1963.
Walter T. Candler named the estate Lullwater Farms, using its 185 acres for horse racing and cattle grazing. The house later appeared in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy. It should not be confused with Lullwater Estate, built for his sister Lucy Candler Heinz.
Lullwater House is a private residence for Emory University's sitting president, so the house and its immediate grounds are not open to visitors. The surrounding Lullwater Farms land, sold to Emory in 1958, lies near the campus's northeastern edge between Clifton and Clairmont Roads. Public paths in that wooded area offer distant views toward Candler Lake.
Lullwater House appears in a cameo in the 1989 Academy Award-winning film Driving Miss Daisy. The estate also had its own racetrack, and much of the granite for the 7,500-square-foot mansion was quarried on the grounds.
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