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Through the years Colleen lived in several towns and in several homes. Some of her homes still (probably) exist, while the sites of some others have long ago been built over. The family lived in Atlanta for a little over 3 years. Charles Morrison had visited the city for the Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895. Atlanta, GA, 1907 - 1908.
During their stay in Atlanta (roughly late- 1907 through mid 1911) the Morrison Family lives in three locations.  The first recorded home (from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library city directories) was at 301 Capitol Avenue. The image to the left is taken from the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for Atlanta from 1911. The house was just a block south of the Piedmont Sanitorium. I am not certain I have the correct modern location for where the house used to be, as I am unsure if the Sanitorium (now Piedmont Hospital) is still there. It is something I'll have to look into. If I have the correct location, it is probably beneath one of the on- or off-ramps shown in th map to the right, on the west side of Capitol Avenue NE.
| Atlanta GA, 1908 - 1909.
The second Morriosn home was at 41 Linden Avenue, about a mile and a half directly north of their first Atlanta home on Capitol. It was a corner house at the intersection of Linden and a narrow alley that ran between Linden Ave. (now Linden Ave. NW) and Linden Way (simply Linden Ave). Kathleen’s block is now gone, incorporated into the Linden Ave. Exit of Interstate 75/85. Her house would have been on the inside curve of the onramp to the 85, on a plot of grass between the onramp and a parking lot. | Atlanta GA, 1909 - 1910.
 The third Morrison house was at 240 N. Jackson Street, a mile and a half distant from Linden, to the north northeast. It is now Parkway Drive NE. The house sat opposite the end of East Street, which is now the Atlanta Medical Center, at what is the exit to 336 Parkway Drive NE, The Atlanta Medical Center Health Pavilion. The car seen in the satellite image would be at about the front yard. (All satellite images are from Google maps).
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