Home and Garden
Pink Palace restored to former glory
Despite being in severe disrepair, Zurab Lezhava and his wife bought the Pink Palace in 2004 for roughly $3.6 million. With a background in renovating historic European hotels, Lezhava quickly embarked on a dramatic renovation project.
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Text by KATIE LESLIE: Long hailed as one of Buckhead's most treasured gems, the Pink Palace was built in 1926 by famed Atlanta architects Neel Reid, Hal Hentz and Philip Shutze. The original owners, Joseph and Frances Rhodes, asked the architects to design their home based on an 18th-century Venetian chapel, thus the home's Italian Baroque style. The Pink Palace earned its name from its original stucco color, inspired by pink dogwoods lining the drive.
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