May Patterson Goodrum House

The May Patterson Goodrum House is a historic home in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia completed in 1932.

[3][4] It is an English Regency style mansion designed by Atlanta architect Philip T. Shutze and is considered one of his "finest works.

[3] The house is a large English Regency style mansion with a 2+1⁄2-story central block flanked by two-story wings which project forward.

[6] Decorations inside the house include murals by Allyn Cox and Athos Menaboni as well as carvings and plasterwork by Herbert J.

[7] Several features of the house including the murals in the dining room and the balustrade in the central hall incorporate chinoiserie design elements.

James J. Goodrum Jr. (1879–1928) was a native of Newnan, Georgia who had founded a chain of retail stores at age 27 and then sold it a few years later to American Tobacco Company.

[4] Later in 1984 the home was purchased by the Southern Center for International Studies for $1.5 million and it served as the group's headquarters from November of that year[15] to 2009.

Modifications to the property during this time included some fire escapes added to the second floor, and parking areas which eliminated further elements of the garden.

The Abreus retired to South Wind (pictured) at Sea Island, Georgia in 1958