Druid Hills and Emory - Zip Code 30306 and 30307 

Druid Hills/Emory is an upper-class neighborhood east of Midtown.  The planned community was initially conceived by Joel Hurt, and developed with the effort of Atlanta's leading families, including Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler. It contains some of Atlanta's historic mansions from the late 19th and early 20th Century. Druid Hills includes the main campus of Emory University. Druid Hills was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and was one of his last commissions. A showpiece of the design was the string of parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue, designated as Druid Hills Parks and Parkways and listed on the National Register of Historical Places on April 11, 1975. The remainder of the development was listed on the Register as the Druid Hills Historic District on October 25, 1979.  Other historic districts in the Druid Hills community include the Emory University District, added in 1975, and the Emory Grove Historic District, added in 2000.

One of these is the home that was used in the filming of the Academy Award winning movie "Driving Miss Daisy". Two architects, Lewis E. Crook Jr. and Ernest Ivey, made their mark on the neighborhood by designing a number of the homes in the area as well as Druid Hills High School, and many buildings on the Emory University campus. Crook and Ivey were influenced by architect Neal Reid whom they worked under before establishing their own firm. Other architects included Philip Shutze, Walter Downing, Thomas Windham, and Arthur Neal Robinson Sr.

Schools: DeKalb County Schools: Fernbank Elementary and Druid Hills High School. City of Atlanta Schools: Mary Linn Elementary and Inman Middle School. Private schools include Paideia and the Howard School.

Homes Range from: $450,000 to over 2.5 million

Average Home Price: $905,000

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