65 College Street

Historic McDonough’s finest beauty. This Colonial Revival Home (c.1918) boasts 6 spacious bedrooms, including an innkeeper’s suite, 4 full baths (3 of which have claw foot tubs), 9 fireplaces, front parlor, smoking parlor, dining room, family room, front and back staircases, pocket doors, French doors, 10 foot. Bead board ceilings, maple and heart of pine flooring throughout, back porch, back patio, back balcony, and a huge wrap around front porch. The Innkeeper’s suite includes an en-suite bathroom with a claw foot tub situated in front of an 1800’s 6X10’ Frank Lloyd Wright-style stained glass window, a walk-in closet, an adjoining sitting room and access to the private upper balcony with canopy views of the property. The 2 bedrooms at the front of the home are joined by a Jack and Jill bathroom featuring a stained glass window, imported from, France, that the original owners brought from an 1870’s New Orleans home. A large kitchen with a commercial grade double oven, 6 burner stove with griddle/grill and salamander, high end stainless steel appliances, a breakfast area, a breakfast bar, an island and a spacious pantry enjoys ample natural light and a view of the expansive back yard, back porch and patio and formal separate dining room with built in buffet and fireplace can easily seat 12 to 14. Also on the 1.6 acre property are 2 outbuildings, a 24X24’ 2 story workshop/garage and a master gardener’s dream: 9 raised beds, a variety of burgeoning fruit bushes, strawberry patch, Monarch butterfly garden, and enough pecan tress to keep your freezer full for a year. Conveniently situated in the heart of historic McDonough and within walking distance of the Square, the center of shopping and dining, this property is ideally suited for a bed and breakfast or for your family’s home. The house appeared on HGTV’s House Hunter’s episode “Antebellums Around Atlanta”. It was also heavily featured in William H. Macy’s movie Krystal.