Swan House at Atlanta History Center

This guide to Swan House at the Atlanta History Center opens with a question: who is really revising architect Philip Trammell Shutze's drawings before the ink dries on this 1920s mansion officially credited to cotton heir Edward Inman? It follows his wife Emily's hand in shaping the house room by room around her antique collection, and how a pair of swan-necked dining tables grew into a motif worked into the stair rail and doorways throughout. Along the way you'll hear about the original architect, Neel Reid, whose illness handed the project to his younger partner. Look for the swans worked into the plaster as you cross the stair hall.