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A lot of history in Atlanta’s Peyton Forest neighborhood
Peyton Forest is a southwest Atlanta neighborhood with a lot of history. The formerly all-white neighborhood was the site of a Civil Rights Movement-era fight that started when Clinton Warner, a Black surgeon and one of the founders of the Morehouse College School of Medicine, bought a home there in 1962. The purchase set off a series of events, including the city erecting a wall along Peyton Road to try to prevent more Black residents from moving in. After the barricade came down less than 100 days later, white flight began, with white residents moving out to the suburbs. By the late 1960s, the area had become an affluent Black neighborhood.
Since then, the neighborhood has experienced some economic hardship – about 95% of students at its zoned elementary school qualify for free and reduced meals. But Bradley Bryant, an associate broker for Virtual Properties Realty who grew up in Peyton Forest in the 1980s, says he is hopeful the community will bounce back. He says new residents are drawn to the affordable home prices and convenient location.
Tall pine trees provide a natural anopy over brick ranch homes in Peyton Forest.
Peyton Forest is a quiet suburban neighborhood about 7 miles southwest of Downtown Atlanta.
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Brick ranches on large, wooded lots
There are more than 300 homes in the neighborhood, many dating to the 1960s and 1970s. The average home is about 2,000 square feet, though many of those currently listed are over 3,000 square feet. Many sit on sizeable, wooded lots. “Because the neighborhoods are so old, a lot of the greenery is mature,” Bryant says. The streets on the west side have no sidewalks. “But they’re wide streets, so it’s still walkable even though you don’t have sidewalks,” Bryant says. Peyton Woods Trail and other streets in the eastern section of the community do have sidewalks.
The neighborhood has a few split-level homes and cottages. “For the most part they’re traditional, brick ranches,” Bryant says. Prices range from about $300,000 to $725,000. Some smaller homes in the neighborhood sold for between $225,000 and $260,000. There are also plots of land available for between $100,000 and $150,000.
Quiet streets in Peyton Forest boast brick split-level homes that reflect the neighborhood's calm and orderly streetscape.
Ranch homes feature broad front lawns and classic red brick exteriors in Peyton Forest.
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Elementary school at northern edge of neighborhood
Children in the neighborhood are zoned for Peyton Forest Elementary School, which sits at the northern edge of the neighborhood. “It’s surrounded by woods; it’s a very private setting," says Bryant, who attended the school as a child. Students then move on to Young Middle School and Mays High School. The three schools are rated C on Niche.
Peyton Forest Elementary School is a Public Pre-K, Elementary School.
Mays High School has a student to teacher ratio of 16 to 1.
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Multiple hiking trails and parks nearby
The Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, about 3 miles from the neighborhood, is a popular hiking destination and has multiple trails along the creek and a waterfall. Hikers also enjoy Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Park to the east. The park also has a playground. West Manor Park, southwest of Peyton Forest, has tennis courts, baseball fields and a playground. The C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center is about 2 miles northwest.
There are walking paths at West Manor Park to exercise enjoy the outdoors.
Go for a walk or hike through the trails at Cascade Springs Nature Preserve.
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Shopping and dining along Cascade Road
A Wayfield Foods supermarket sits just outside the neighborhood along M.L.K. Jr. Drive. About 5 miles southwest is a shopping area along Cascade Road, which includes a Publix grocery store as well as chain restaurants and the popular Mulan Asian Cuisine restaurant. About 12 miles north along Interstate 285 is The Battery, a major shopping center in Cobb County.
Residents in Peyton Forest can satisfy their grocery and essential needs at the nearby Publix.
The nearby popular A1 Soulfood often has a line out the door.
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Transportation in Peyton Forest
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority buses serve the area. “But most people rely on their own vehicles,” Bryant says. The neighborhood is close to I-285 and I-20. Bryant says the 7-mile drive into downtown and 13-mile drive to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport do not take long.
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Peyton Forest Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Peyton Forest, Atlanta sell after 23 days on the market compared to the national average of 53 days. The median sale price for homes in Peyton Forest, Atlanta over the last 12 months is $297,500, down 6% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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