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Asa Candler Home, 145 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta, Georgia (restored)

Inman Park area in the 1940s. Corner of Elizabeth Street and Euclid Avenue

One of the fun things about growing up in Inman Park was the beautiful old homes. Everyday we passed the Asa Candler home at 145 Elizabeth Street, to and from school. Asa Candler was born on a farm in Villa Rica, Georgia, but studied medicine. His occupation was that of a pharmacist, working in the wholesale drug business. In 1887 he purchased the formula for…