Completed in 1928, Swan House was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Inman, heirs to a post-Civil War cotton brokerage fortune. The Inmans hired Hentz, Reid and Adler to design the house, and Philip Trammell Shutze served as principal architect. Shutze drew on classical elements as inspiration for the house and its gardens. Mrs. Inman lived at Swan House with son Hugh and family after Mr. Inman's death in 1931. After her death in 1965, the Atlanta Historical Society purchased the house and its 28 acres. Today, Swan House contains many original furnishings as well as the Shutze decorative arts collection, and its house and grounds reflect the servant-based lifestyle characteristic of Atlanta's elite during the 1920s and 1930s.