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.