When 92-year-old Sally O’Keefe Gurley Batson joined us for the tour, she was able to provide additional history.  Mrs. Batson and her sister Clara O’Keeffe Black are granddaughters of the original owner, Clara Belle McMullen Cherry Cassidy.  They often visited their grandmother’s home as children along with their mother Willie Belle Cherry O’Keefe.

The Cassidy-Lamb Home at 2579 W. Fontainebleau Court was built around 1930 by Clara Cassidy as a summer home. Cassidy purchased 140 acres of land south of Spalding Drive and arranged for a log cabin to be constructed. In 1942, gasoline rationing made it difficult for Clara Cassidy to travel back and forth between Atlanta and her summer home. She sold the home to Baxter Maddox, Vice President and Trust Officer of First National Bank.