Robert Winship

Robert Winship (1834-1899)

Winship mansion in Inman Park, 1896

Robert Winship (Forsyth, Georgia, September 27, 1834 – September 8, 1899) was a prominent 19th century Atlanta businessman who built his fortune on the Winship Machine Company, originally built up by his father. Foundry Street in the Luckie Marietta district of Downtown Atlanta is named for Winship's foundry.

Winship had his mansion in the Inman Park neighborhood of Atlanta.

His daughter, Emily Carolyn Winship, would marry prominent businessman Ernest Woodruff. Winship's grandson, Robert Winship Woodruff, after whom Downtown Atlanta's Woodruff Park is named, would run the Coca-Cola company.

References

Thomas H. Martin, Atlanta and its builders: a comprehensive history of the Gate city ..., Volume 2, p.710

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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