13 Facts About Callanwolde

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is a 501 non-profit community arts center that offers classes and workshops for all ages in visual, literary and performing arts.

Callanwolde is involved in community outreach, specializing in senior wellness, special needs, veterans, and low income families.

Mansion known as "Callanwolde" was built by Charles Howard Candler, President of The Coca-Cola Company, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Emory University, and eldest son of Asa Griggs Candler who founded The Coca-Cola Company.

Callanwolde is a Gothic-Tudor style mansion situated on a landscaped 12.

Callanwolde was the home of the family of Charles Howard Candler, known as Howard, from 1920 until 1959.

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Work on his new home, Callanwolde, was begun the following year near the Emory campus and designed by Hornbostel.

Callanwolde continued the family's history of generous financial support of the institution as well.

The name “Callanwolde” is based on this family connection to the Irish town of Callan and the Old English word for “woods” .

Callanwolde was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center was opened under the supervision of the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Affairs Department.

In 1983 the non-profit Callanwolde Foundation accepted responsibility for the operation of the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, although DeKalb County continues to maintain the house and grounds.

Callanwolde has served as a filming location for several Hollywood films, including “Sharkey's Machine, ” starring Burt Reynolds, and “Bear, ” a feature film about the life of legendary football coach Bear Bryant.

In 2003, Callanwolde served as the backdrop for several scenes used in the feature film “Stroke of Genius, the Bobby Jones Story, ” starring Jim Caviezel.

Callanwolde began work in Pittsburgh in 1904 after winning the Carnegie Technical Schools Competition for the design of the campus that is Carnegie Mellon University.