1949 - Lindmont Morosgo

In 1949, DL Stokes developed Lindmont and Morosgo apartments on more than forty acres. It was touted as the largest housing community east of the Mississippi and south of the Mason Dixon line. Designed by acclaimed Atlanta architect Henry Jordan, a partner in the venture, these apartment communities, with 504 total units in 85 two story brick and tile buildings, were located at the intersection of Piedmont Road and Lindbergh Drive across Piedmont from what is now the Lindbergh Center MARTA rail station.  Derided by many for “building in the middle of the country” north of Atlanta, the gamble paid off and began a great spurt of growth in that area that continues to this day.  It’s interesting to note that many of the areas that the company developed in the 1940s and 1950s are many of the same areas that are central to its residential and commercial real estate development now, such as Oakland City, Kirkwood, West End, West Midtown, the Old Fourth Ward, and Hapeville to name a few.