Joel Hurt

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19th-century businessperson American businessperson real estate developer streetcar pioneer urban planner

Joel Hurt was a prominent Atlanta businessman, real estate developer, and streetcar pioneer who played a key role in the city’s late 19th-century urban growth.

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instanceOf 19th-century businessperson ⓘ
American ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
streetcar pioneer ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
associatedWith Atlanta streetcar system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inman Park neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
downtown Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1850-07-31 ⓘ
birthPlace Hurtsboro, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1926-01-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
developed Edgewood Avenue streetcar corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Equitable Building in downtown Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inman Park neighborhood in Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
fieldOfWork banking ⓘ
public transit ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
founded Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railroad Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Equitable Building Company (Atlanta) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inman Park (as a residential development) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trust Company of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced urban growth of Atlanta in the late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor developing Inman Park, Atlanta’s first planned streetcar suburb ⓘ
developing early skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta ⓘ
pioneering electric streetcar service in Atlanta ⓘ
name Joel Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railroad Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Druid Hills (early planning involvement) ⓘ
Equitable Building (Atlanta) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inman Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation banker ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
insurance executive ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
street railway executive ⓘ
positionHeld president of Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company ⓘ
president of Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railroad Company ⓘ
president of Trust Company of Georgia ⓘ
residence Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent helped spur Atlanta’s late 19th-century suburban expansion ⓘ
introduced one of the first electric streetcar lines in Atlanta ⓘ

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Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States → notableBurial → Joel Hurt ⓘ
subject surface form: Oakland Cemetery
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States → hasNotableBurial → Joel Hurt ⓘ
subject surface form: Westview Cemetery