Heman E. Perry. He is most well known for starting the Standard Life Insurance Company in 1919. Just as many of the other business leaders in Atlanta eventually turned to real estate development, so did Perry, seeing a huge need to serve the black community of which he was a part of. He even designed a new style of home, dubbed the Dream Home as the model for West Side Park (now Washington Park neighborhood.) Perry eventually developed Hunter Hills and Dixie Hills with contractor Herman Glass.
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Heman E. Perry. He is most well known for starting the Standard Life Insurance Company in 1919. Just as many of the other business leaders in Atlanta eventually turned to real estate development, so did Perry, seeing a huge need to serve the black community of which he was a part of. He even designed a new style of home, dubbed the Dream Home as the model for West Side Park (now Washington Park neighborhood.) Perry eventually developed Hunter Hills and Dixie Hills with contractor Herman Glass.
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