Eastwood Apartments
Year Built |
Material |
Number of Units |
|---|---|---|
1931 |
Brick |
Twelve |
Location
The Eastwood Apartments are located in the heart of Rome, Georgia at The Confluence of Turner McCall Boulevard and East Second Avenue. 1 On May 17, 1999 this part of East Rome was deemed to be a historic preservation district. It will forever be saved from drastic changes to buildings exterior, or anything to alter the history of the neighborhood. The area is convenient for shopping, eating, entertainment, and work.
History
The first time the Eastwood Aparments show up on a Rome, Georgia city registry is in 1931 . The Original name and address are listed as The Cambro Apartments at 1005 East Second Avenue. The first owner was Mrs. Lulie L. Strickland, who lived in apartment number nine. At this time the building only had eleven tenants. A near tragic occurrence happened on the afternoon of January 9, 1953, when a seven-year-old boy who was staying with relatives was struck by a car. Luckily he was not injured and didn't even have to go to the hospital. During the 1960s after the construction of the "East Rome Interchange" two more units were added to the basement. Although the interchange is a great thing for Rome commercially it upset the then owner Mrs. Pickslay Cheek. In 1966 she mailed a letter to Rome City Commission expressing her concern, and her plans to file a lawsuit in the amount of $17,500 against the city of Rome. 
Architecture
The best way to describe the style of the building is "commercial Colonial Revival". Its evenly spaced windows are symmetric with the front entrance. The front door sits beneath a wooden portico and is bordered on either side with frosted glass. Upon entering you notice parquet floors that were added in a renovation. The front stairway is just ahead and leads to all three floors. The walls are covered in a decorative plaster and painted white. Doors leading to apartemnts have brass fixtures and are painted red. The insides of the apartments are newly renovated with modern appliances, but incorporate the old style. Space is rather limited but high ceilings create the illusion of more room. All of the hardwood floors, moldings, and windows are original to the building.