Day 350: History Lesson

Our sweet neighbor Margaret was kind enough to loan us her copy of a book she'd told us about that's no longer in print, written by one of the first residents of Oakdale Road (our main road here in the 'hood). Since we're the only side street, we're included too :) The author of the book, Ms. Antoinette Johnson Matthews (whose oldest son just recently passed away in November, but lived just down the street from us) was the daughter of Daniel Johnson who named our street after his wife, and settled the Druid Hills area in the late 1800s.

There's a photo in the book of our house, taken in the late 60s (the book was published in 1971). It sure hasn't changed much! ;)