Atlanta home: Spotswood Hall, home of Jack and Juanita Markwalter

Private Quarters

Buckhead’s Spotswood Hall enjoys another close-up this holiday season

Buckhead's Spotswood Hall, home of Jack and Juanita Markwalter, was on the 2016 Peachtree Garden Club Christmas Home Tour.

Buckhead's Spotswood Hall was designed by architect A. Ten Eyck Brown with a two-story pedimented portico. The home, built in 1913 for Fulton County commissioner Shelby Smith, is now owned by Jack and Juanita Markwalter. The neo-classical revival mansion has about 7,000 square feet (not including the basement), five bedrooms, five full and three half baths.

Christmas wreaths, tabletop trees and floral arrangements welcome guests to Spotswood Hall, a neo-classical revival home that is on the National Register of Historic Places and was on the Dec. 8 Peachtree Garden Club Tour of Homes. The antique-filled dining room opens to the foyer, which has a French trumeau mirror and 19th century tole and gilt sconces, from Parc Monceau Ltd. in Atlanta, and a Victorian settee upholstered in luxury Nobilis fabric.

The rotunda, which was added by Philip Trammell Shutze in the 1920s and features a mural by Athos Menaboni, is "magical," says Jack. Spotswood Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 for its Menaboni artwork and architectural significance.

Italian artist Athos Menaboni, who moved to Georgia in the 1920s, painted the walls in the rotunda designed by Philip Trammell Shutze. The oriental-inspired mural is one of many that Menaboni created for clients in Atlanta.

Mirrors are abundant in the home, including this one that stretches almost from the floor to the ceiling. It's an antique, along with the furniture, such as the settee, in the living room.

Ornate mirrors and framed artwork fit with Spotswood Hall's detailed millwork and moldings. In the living room, diamond and botanical prints in the upholstery bring out the richness of the English antiques.

The living room of Spotswood Hall is spacious enough to include a piano and antique furniture, recovered in Scalamandre and Cowtan & Tout fabrics. The homeowners worked with interior designer John Oetgen to redecorate some rooms of their 1913 home with elegant, luxury upholstery.

A round table covered in Scalamandre fabric in a diamond pattern holds family photos and flowers.

A lovely orchid arrangement in the living room further emphasizes Juanita’s love of flowers in her home, which was on the Dec. 8 Peachtree Garden Club Christmas Home Tour.

Paneled walls and built-ins create an elegant setting for game night. Many of the chairs, including this foursome around the game table, have been recovered in luxury patterned fabric.

Classic London shades made with Scalamandre fabric top the windows, which Juanita decorates with wreaths during the holidays. The sofa and chairs, along with the shades and rugs, pile pattern on pattern for the traditional interiors in her home.

A crystal ball is a beautiful accessory on the wood banister.

The curved staircase is a beloved feature in the Markwalters’ home. The striped Henson wallpaper seems to accentuate the ceiling and staircase.

The living space is extended with this sunroom, which is one of two sunrooms in Spotswood Hall. The arched windows continue around the room and fit with the home's neo-classical revival architecture.

The sunroom looks onto the backyard, which features Juanita’s rose garden. The rattan furniture has been upholstered in luxury Old World Weavers fabric with blue hues that match the walls.

Windows and doors maximize the light flooding into one of the home's sunrooms, which has a mix of rattan furniture and antiques. The room opens to the backyard, which features a treehouse that the homeowners' sons used when they were growing up.

Jack Markwalter, chairman and CEO of Atlantic Trust, a private wealth management firm, and his wife, Juanita, purchased Spotswood Hall in 2002 and opened their Buckhead residence to the public on Dec. 8 for the 2016 Peachtree Garden Club Christmas Home Tour. The five-bedroom mansion, which has about 7,000 square feet (excluding the basement), was built in 1913.

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Buckhead's Spotswood Hall was designed by architect A. Ten Eyck Brown with a two-story pedimented portico. The home, built in 1913 for Fulton County commissioner Shelby Smith, is now owned by Jack and Juanita Markwalter. The neo-classical revival mansion has about 7,000 square feet (not including the basement), five bedrooms, five full and three half baths.

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