Pappenheimer Mansion
| Pappenheimer Mansion | |
|---|---|
Pappenheimer Mansion | |
| General information | |
| Type | Private residence (ca. 1914-1930s); fraternity house (1930s); Hospital (1940s-1988) |
| Address | 144 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE |
| Town or city | Midtown Atlanta, Georgia |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°46′22″N 84°22′57″W / 33.7727°N 84.3826°W |
| Opened | ca. 1914 |
| Demolished | 1999 |
The Pappenheimer Mansion, later the Ponce de Leon Infirmary, then Midtown Hospital, was located at 144 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE in Midtown Atlanta, on the north side between Piedmont and Juniper streets. Furniture magnate Oscar Pappenheimer (1861-1917) built his first house on the site around 1900, which burned down in 1914. Pappenheimer rebuilt almost immediately, including a famous music room which contained a pipe organ as well as two grand pianos.
Interest in classical music waned in the 1890s through 1910s and Pappenheimer was credited as being one of the sole forces encouraging the performance of chamber music in Atlanta. For more than three decades, informal concerts were given in his music room.