Barnes Place History We spent an afternoon at the Atlanta History Center with the Houseboys and were able to set some facts straight about Barnes Place. Tony has also spent time digging through Fulton County's tax records. In 1922, Cherry Street became known as Barnes Street. For reasons still unknown, many streets in the neighborhood change at that time. It's a good thing, though, otherwise Barnes Place would be known as Cherry Place, and you'd be surfing at Cherry Place.com. On July 14, 1925, Barnes Street was surveyed, and the future lot for Barnes Place was outlined. At the time, Barnes Street continued south, as far as we can tell, to Georgia Tech's campus. On January 17, 1927, a building permit was issued to the Atlanta Realty & Construction Company, and construction of Barnes Place began. Almost four months later, on April 6, 1927, construction was complete, for a cost of $5,100. Adjusting for inflation, in the year 2,000, construction costs would have been roughly $48,043.62, of course, building to 1927 standards. Howard J. and Alice F. Bridgewater had been living not far away at 1014 Juniper Street, Apartment 292 prior to 1927, when they purchased Barnes Place. Mr. Bridgewater was an operator at Stein Printing Company. In 1932, an occupational listing appears for Mr. Bridgewater as "Lieutenant General Colonial Guards of America." Anyone who can provide us insight into what this means, we would greatly appreciated the information. In 1935, Ms. Bridgewater went to work as a Keyboard Operator at Stein Printing Company. In 1936, Mr. Bridgewater joined Paramount Typesetting Company, which changed names in 1937 to Paramount Printing Company. 1937 saw the foundation for Barnes Place's connection to the world: telephone service came to Barnes Place. In 1938, Mr. Bridgewater joined Turner Printing Company. Fast-forward to the 1980s. Mr. John I. Lehto is the owner of Barnes Place. On April 7, 1988, Mr. Lehto added his wife, Ms. Edith M. Lehto to the warranty deed to create a joint tenancy with right of survivorship. This was most likely necessary as Ms. Lehto, also known as Ms. Edith U. Lehto, appears to have been married before, her children bearing a different surname. The transaction was granted for consideration of the sum of $10.00. On October 7, 1992, Mr. Lehto having passed away, Ms. Lehto released her claim to Barnes Place for the sum of $1.00 and love and affection to her four children. Ms. Lehto's children, Charles U. Pierce, Blanche E. Rhoades, Wayne H. Pierce, and Walter Pierce owned Barnes Place until our purchase in 1996. For a short period of time, the children rented the property, and it was occupied by a group of fraternity brothers who were known for their parties.