Edward Conyngham Peters - was an Atlanta real estate developer. He was son of Richard Peters

Richard Peters (Atlanta)

Richard Peters was an American railroad man and a founder of Atlanta.Grandson of Judge Richard Peters, Jr...

, a founder of the city.

Edward inherited Richard's land, railroad and trolley interests in 1889.

He sold off the land for development of what is now the southern half of Midtown Atlanta

Midtown Atlanta

Midtown is the second largest financial district in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, situated between the commercial and financial districts of Downtown and SoNo to the south and the affluent residential and commercial district of Buckhead to the north...

 (below 8th Street, as far west as Atlantic St. on the Georgia Tech campus, to Argonne St. east of Piedmont).

He married Helen Wimberly on November 19, 1878.

The Edward C. Peters House

Edward C. Peters House

The Edward C. Peters House, also known as Ivy Hall, is a Queen Anne style house in Atlanta, Georgia. Occupying a lot covering an entire city block, the house was built in 1883 for Edward C. Peters. The architect was Gottfried I. Norrman, a Swedish immigrant...

 on the southwest corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Piedmont is now used by the Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah College of Art and Design

SCAD, the Savannah College of Art and Design, is a private, accredited and degree-granting university with locations in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, Hong Kong, and Lacoste, France.-History:...

 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...