120 S Candler Street, Decatur, GA 30030

About this home

This property can be purchased in combination with the vacant lot next door. There are addresses, and then there are addresses. 120 South Candler is the latter. Set on one of Decatur's most storied corridors, this home sits directly across from Agnes Scott College, brick towers, magnolias, and a century of Southern academic gravity right outside your front door. It is the kind of view that doesn't depreciate. Out the other direction, Downtown Decatur is right down the street: the restaurants, the farmers market, the energy, and yet the home's deep setbacks pull it back from all of it, preserving a sense of quiet that feels almost impossible this close to the center of things. The house itself reads like a time capsule. A single-family home that has spent years as a duplex, it has been maintained with the kind of care that preserves rather than erases, original hardwood floors intact, heavy trim undisturbed, high ceilings still drawing the eye upward the way they were meant to. The front porch anchors the street presence with the ease of something designed before porches became an afterthought. At the rear, a sun room catches the light in a way that feels deliberate, generous, almost indulgent. The bones are exceptional. The opportunity is wide open. Bring it back to the single-family home it was born to be, or reimagine it entirely. This is a property that rewards vision. The history is already here. The rest is yours to write.

How this list price compares in Decatur

• List price is 151% above the Decatur median list price of $299,000 (934 homes).
• Compared with 677 single-family homes in Decatur: 142% above the median of $309,900.
• List price per square foot is 26% above the Decatur median of $188/SF.
• 6 homes for sale in Winnona Park.
• All 934 homes for sale in Decatur, GA.
• 3,375 homes for sale in DeKalb County.

Figures are list prices from current FMLS IDX inventory (Active, Active Under Contract and Pending), not sales prices or appraisals.

Home facts

Property type

Single-family home

Status

Active

Bedrooms

4

Full baths

3

Living area

3,156 SF

Lot size

0.7 acres

Year built

1925

Levels

Two

Main-level bedrooms

1

Parking

Driveway, Level Driveway

Basement

Interior Entry, Unfinished

Style

Craftsman, Traditional

Construction

Vinyl Siding

Roof

Composition

Flooring

Ceramic Tile, Hardwood

Heating

Central

Cooling

Central Air

Fireplaces

2

Appliances

Dishwasher, Gas Range, Refrigerator

Lot

Back Yard, Front Yard, Level

Community

Near Public Transport, Near Schools, Near Shopping, Near Trails/Greenway, Park, Playground, Restaurant, Sidewalks, Street Lights

HOA

No

Annual tax

$12,938 (2025)

County

DeKalb

Assigned schools

• HighDecatur
• MiddleBeacon Hill
• ElementaryWinnona Park/Talley Street

As reported in the listing. Verify with the school district.