He never thought in small things, but all things which appealed to him were large in scope.’”Īccording to Butler, from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Zoo Atlanta to the Fernbank Science Center, Candler Jr.’s influence has played a significant role in making the city what it is today. Buddie didn’t do anything small, which a family friend noted in a statement following his passing: ‘Asa Candler, Jr., was a dreamer and a doer. “As far as Buddie’s legacy goes, you can see it in the iconic landmarks he left behind. “Family lore claims that Buddie’s oldest surviving son John claimed to have lived like the Great Gatsby during his young adult years,” Butler said. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel “The Great Gatsby.” It’s a story reminiscent of the title character from F. The former Coca-Cola heir used everything the estate had to offer to entertain with lavish parties. The sprawling property ultimately featured servants quarters, tennis courts, a golf course, stables, a farm, greenhouses, both a private and public pool, and the estate’s fabled zoo. In short - it is a historical interruption captured in a time that is gone, yet we still are connected too.”Ĭandler continued to build upon the Briarcliff Mansion Estate. Rarely does a structure converge to become a relic of what was - that gave birth to what we are - and embody what we can still experience - and retain its Atlanta credibility. It is everything ‘Atlanta’ that we don’t know and yet, what we feel simply is. “You have the story of Coca-Cola commingled with our city’s airport, parks, buildings and spaces. “This property represents that unique mixture of Atlanta myth and reality - that is both convenient and uncomfortable,” Atlanta Preservation Center executive director David Mitchell told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He also went on to construct an exotic zoo on the property, which featured elephants, bears and more.Ĭandler Jr.’s wealth and ambition transformed far more than the Briarcliff Farm. regularly held magic shows for Atlanta high-society at the estate. Featuring the largest private magic collection in the world at the time, Candler Jr. The heir would ultimately achieve his goal. was determined to have the finest showpiece within the Candler family. In a race against his siblings, who each also took home $25 million from their Coca-Cola shares, Candler Jr. purchased the humble property, known as Briarcliff Farm in 1912, and later devised the construction of his iconic mansion - which was not completed until 1922. They’re inextricably linked, and I realized early on that the story I was uncovering went way beyond a single property.”Ĭandler Jr. But as I like to say, in order to understand the mansion I had to understand the man, and in order to understand the man I had to understand the mansion. So originally my intention was to find out how the property got its name and maybe write a blog about it. Not a single source explained why Briarcliff was called Briarcliff. “That was when I found out about the other Candler mansions and learned the story behind each mansion’s name. “I was more interested in the building and wanted to understand why there was a giant, abandoned mansion in the middle of the Atlanta suburbs,” she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A post shared by Asa’s Briarcliff she works as the Director of Product Marketing at Cox Automotive during the day, Sara Butler is also a “writer with a love of old buildings and weird history.” That is what led the researcher to write a book about Asa Candler Jr.
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