Editing North Druid Hills, Georgia (section)

==History==
One of the earliest European settlers in north DeKalb County was Chapman Powell, whose "Medicine House" cabin was built near the intersection of Clairmont and North Decatur roads (later relocated to Stone Mountain Park, where it still stands). Dr. Powell (1798–1870) owned most of the land in the Candler Lake and South Fork Peachtree Creek area during his lifetime. His land was later purchased by Walter Candler.<ref name="glencreek.org">{{cite web|url=http://glencreek.org/history.htm#top|title=Local history|website=glencreek.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208090837/http://glencreek.org/history.htm#top |archive-date=8 February 2008 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Major Washington Jackson Houston owned land on the north side of the South Fork of Peachtree Creek, in what is now Briarcliff. Visitors used to visit Major Houston to buy ground [[cornmeal]] produced by his 1876 [[gristmill]] or to attend social gatherings held on his property.  Major Houston converted the mill into an early [[hydroelectric plant]] circa 1900.<!--<ref name="glencreek.org"/>--> Atlanta contractor Harry J. Carr bought Houston's land in the 1920s and constructed the [[fieldstone]] and [[wrought iron]] home now known as the Houston Mill House.  [[Emory University]] purchased the home in the 1960s and renovated it.  [[Historic mills of the Atlanta area|Houston Mill House]], located at 849 Houston Mill Road, is now open for dining and special events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.houstonmillhouse.com/history.php |title=The Historic Houston Mill House Hosts Atlanta Wedding Receptions and Banquets |access-date=2005-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308032107/http://www.houstonmillhouse.com/history.php |archive-date=2005-03-08 }}</ref>

After World War II and continuing into the 1950s, many [[Jews]] moved out of [[Washington-Rawson]], where [[Turner Field]] now stands, and the [[Old Fourth Ward]] into North Druid Hills and [[Morningside/Lenox Park]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hertzberg|first=Steven|title=Strangers within the Gate City|url=https://archive.org/details/strangerswithing0000hert|url-access=registration|year=1978|publisher=The Jewish Publication Society of America |location=Philadelphia |page=[https://archive.org/details/strangerswithing0000hert/page/220 220]|isbn=9780827601024 }}</ref> [[Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta)|Congregation Beth Jacob]], an orthodox synagogue, moved to LaVista Road in 1962, and the neighborhood has since become a hub of [[Orthodox Judaism]] for the Atlanta area with three Jewish schools, six congregations and a mikveh located along or near LaVista Road.

The North Druid Hills CDP remained rural until 1965, when Executive Park was constructed on a former dairy farm as the first suburban office park in metropolitan Atlanta.  Following the completion of Executive Park, the area boomed with suburban development.<ref name="Pastoral Capitalism p. 179">Pastoral Capitalism: A History of Suburban Corporate Landscapes, Louise A. Mozing, p. 179</ref> The 19-story Executive Park Motor Hotel, built in the 1970s at the southeast corner of I-85 and North Druid Hills Road and which later served as a BellSouth training center,<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/40598203@N08/3730597659/ "BellSouth training center"], ''Flickr''</ref> was a modernist landmark until its demolition in November 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/druid-hills/2014/11/08/19-story-tower-implosion-success/18705775/|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151129040443/http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/druid-hills/2014/11/08/19-story-tower-implosion-success/18705775/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-11-29|title="19-story tower implosion takes down 1970's hotel"|website=11alive.com|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> after being purchased by [[Children's Healthcare of Atlanta]] for $9.6 million in January 2013.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2013/01/childrens-healthcare-buys-former.html "Children's Healthcare buys former 19-story hotel", Douglas Sams], ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'', January 3, 2013</ref>

=== Incorporation movement ===
Following the incorporation of Brookhaven in 2012, the idea of incorporating a city of Briarcliff was proposed by a civic group known as the North Druid Hills Study Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northdruidhills.patch.com/articles/ajc-sagamore-hills-north-briarcliff-considering-cityhood|title=AJC: Sagamore Hills, North Briarcliff Considering Cityhood|date=24 September 2012|website=Northdruidhills.patch.com}}</ref> Supporters cited more local control as reasons in favor of cityhood, while those against cityhood cited the lack of an identity, center, and boundaries as reasons against.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northdruidhills.patch.com/articles/levitas-avoids-press-question-regarding-cityhood-position|title=Levitas Avoids Press Question Regarding Cityhood Position|date=20 January 2013|website=Northdruidhills.patch.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://northdruidhills.patch.com/blog_posts/cityhood-on-tap-for-the-briarpatch-take-your-time-please|title=North Druid Hills-Briarcliff, GA Patch - Breaking News, Local News, Events, Schools, Weather, Sports and Shopping|website=North Druid Hills-Briarcliff, GA Patch}}</ref> The city of Briarcliff boundaries would be:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://briarcliffga.org/wp-content/uploads/ProposedBriarcliff_v42.pdf|title=Map, City of Briarcliff Initiative, Inc. website, retrieved 2014-04-16|website=Briarcliffga.org|access-date=2014-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326192419/http://briarcliffga.org/wp-content/uploads/ProposedBriarcliff_v42.pdf|archive-date=2014-03-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* I-85 on the north
* I-285 on the east,
* on the south, the cities of [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]] and [[Avondale Estates]]; unincorporated DeKalb county, as well as the [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] neighborhood of the City of Atlanta, keeping in mind that unincorporated Druid Hills and the Emory University area would be part of Briarcliff
* City of Atlanta ([[Virginia-Highland]], [[Morningside-Lenox Park]] and [[Lindridge-Martin Manor]] neighborhoods) on the west.

In March 2014 after failure of the first initiative the City of Briarcliff Initiative, Inc. announced plans for a second attempt at cityhood, which it dubbed "Briarcliff 2.0".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://briarcliffga.org|title=City of Briarcliff Initiative, Inc. website, retrieved 2014-04-16|website=Briarcliffga.org|access-date=2014-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417003150/http://briarcliffga.org/|archive-date=2014-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>