<P> In 1892, the East Lake Land Company was chartered and land was acquired and divided up into lots . A.C. Bruce was president of the East Lake Land Company and was instrumental in getting a street car line built down a right of way (now East Lake Drive), which started running cars every 20 minutes in 1893 . This helped to increase the demand for the small cottage lots, many of which were bought by Atlantans, around the lake to escape the city during the summer months . By the recession of 1896 it became a failed development . The large covered pavilion and beach served as an amusement park, during the years up to 1900 . </P> <P> In 1899 Asa Candler, who was then building Coca - Cola into a national icon, started using agents to secretly buy up the land around the lake and surrounding area . The Atlanta Athletic Club (AAC) began looking for land to build a country location in 1902, and was stirred by Mr. Atkinson (one of Candlers Agents) to buy 280 acres (1.1 km). In 1904 the Atlanta Athletic Club opened East Lake Golf Club . A street line from Atlanta through Kirkwood, served the location . The Pavilion was removed in 1907 to make way for the first clubhouse . The first clubhouse and golf course were not completed til 1908 . Golf was not the primary recreation at that time . Lawn bowling, tennis, boating and wading were all the craze . East Lake was incorporated as a town in 1908 . </P> <P> In 1912, an auto road was constructed from Ponce de Leon Avenue to the gates of East Lake Country Club, making East Lake even more accessible . By 1916, a $10,000 school building had been erected on Fourth Avenue, making East Lake the perfect suburban neighborhood . According to an Atlanta Journal - Constitution article in May, 1916, demand for East Lake homes was "almost to boom proportions ." In 1928, East Lake was annexed into the City of Atlanta . </P> <P> In 1926 Francis Marion Swanson moved to East Lake, and bought the home at 246 Daniel Avenue, across from what is now East Lake Park . Mr. Swanson was the treasurer of the East Lake Land Company, which helped spur development of the East Lake area by providing mortgages and construction loans to home buyers and builders . Mr. Swanson and friends encouraged sports enthusiasts to move to the area, many of whom had ties to Georgia Tech . The property site of the Swanson home also has the last of the remaining "Lake Cottages" that date back to the amusement park . This cottage was a guest house for the Swanson family, where Notable Atlantans and Georgia Tech personalities such as Football Coaches Bill Alexander and Bobby Dodd, and Renowned Golfer Bobby Jones . Jones would come in for weekends, and drive onto the 9th fairway from Daniel Street to avoid the crowds . </P>

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