Trouble with the Herndon Home on WABE
Written on November 5, 2009 at 11:46 am, by Lain
This morning Atlanta’s NPR affiliate WABE covered the recent plight of the Herndon Home.
The Herndon Home is the historic home of Alonzo Herndon, the one-time slave who became the first African-American millionaire in Atlanta. The house doesn’t have much funding, doesn’t offer many tours, and doesn’t employ an executive director at the moment.
Hey, that sounds like the Wren’s Nest in 2006!
I’m happy our neighbor two miles north is getting some press. A few months back, and the AJC blog Inside Access asked for ideas on how to revitalize the place. It got one response. From me.
Surely there are more ideas out there! Do you have any bright ones for the Herndon Home? Ever visited the place?
Photo: Johnny Crawford for the AJC
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2 Comments to Trouble with the Herndon Home on WABE
I did earlier this year — interesting building. The rooftop is really cool… if the stairs weren’t so narrow, they could probably do events up there.
The house should start twittering. I bet that the Wren’s Nest and the Herndon Home would have a pretty steamy love affair.