Herndon Home

The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia. An elegant Classical Revival mansion with Beaux Arts influences, it was the home of Alonzo Franklin Herndon (1858-1927), a rags-to-riches success story who was born into slavery, but went on to become Atlanta's first black millionaire as founder and head of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. The house was designed by his wife Adrienne, and was almost entirely built with African-American labor. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000, and had previously been declared a "landmark building exterior" by the city of Atlanta in 1989.

This article is about the Alonzo Herndon family home. For the demolished public housing projects, see Herndon Homes. For other uses, see Herndon House (disambiguation).

Herndon Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Atlanta Landmark Building
Location587 University Place, NW, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33.75581°N 84.40686°W / 33.75581; -84.40686
Built1910
ArchitectAdrienne McNeil Herndon
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.00000261
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 2000
Designated NHLFebruary 16, 2000
Designated ALBOctober 14, 1989
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