George Edward King

King mansion in Inman Park, 1896

George Edward King (November 3, 1851, Macon, Georgia - Mar 1934, Atlanta) was a prominent Atlanta hardware mogul. He made his fortune building up the King Hardware Company. He bought up at least four major competitors from the first decade of the 1900s through the 1920s. King had his mansion in the Inman Park neighborhood of Atlanta.

References

Franklin M. Garrett, Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s

Inman Park neighborhood, Atlanta

Events	Atlanta freeway revolts Battle of Atlanta

People	Asa Griggs Candler Phil Haralson Joel Hurt Samuel M. Inman Joseph Forsyth Johnson George Edward King Robert Winship Ernest Woodruff

Places	Beath-Dickey House Callan Castle (Candler mansion) Copenhill Dad's Garage Theatre Company Freedom Park General Pipe and Foundry Company Inman Park-Moreland Historic District Kriegshaber House (Wrecking Ball Brewpub) Krog Street Market Krog Street Tunnel Little Five Points North Highland Avenue

Transportation	Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railroad Edgewood Avenue Freedom Parkway Inman Park/Reynoldstown MARTA station I-485 (proposed freeway through Inman Park) Streetcars in Atlanta

Druid Hills Midtown Morningside-Lenox Park Old Fourth Ward Poncey-Highland Virginia-Highland All neighborhoods of Atlanta

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