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Belhaven Heights. In 1910, the house burned down but was reopened in 1911 as "Belhaven Collegiate and Industrial Institute" at its current location on Peachtree Street. In 1915, the school was renamed "Belhaven College". Subsequently, residents began referring to the area around the school as "The Belhaven Neighborhood" or simply "Belhaven". Over the years the name has extended to include what became known as Belhaven Heights. Today, the use of the name "Belhaven" can refer to "The Greater Belhaven Area" (meaning both "Belhaven" and "Belhaven Heights",
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who became a millionaire from convict leasing after the war, built a "palatial home on Boyd Street, east of
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