If you’re anything like us, you might not have immediately recognized the name “Burns Club” before. While being one of the oldest gentleman’s social clubs in the city of Atlanta, there is much about this club that is limited in scope. For instance, only 100 members are allowed in the cottage, which means that there aren’t too many people that have seen the inside of this building. This is one Atlanta mystery building that we needed to know a lot more about.

There aren’t too many things known about the Burns Club or Burns Cottage in Atlanta, especially what the inside of the building looks like.
Wikimedia Elisa Role
With only 100 members on the guest list, getting through these doors is pretty slim.
This literary society was organized back in 1896 in order to celebrate the works of Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Wikipedia Alexander Nasmyth
Club events were held at Burns Cottage in Atlanta, which is the only replica of Burn’s actual ancestral home in Scotland in the entire world.

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The club’s membership over the years has included governors, tradesmen, clergymen, lawyers, teachers, farmers, and more.
Wikipedia John McLeish
While the cottage has a limited membership space of 100 guests, there are non-member females and males welcome by invitation only.
If you live anywhere near this home then you may have heard the bagpipes sounding off several times a year during gatherings.
Wikipedia Gabrielle Micale
This privately-owned cottage doesn’t open up to the public, which is why there aren’t too many people who have been inside the Burns Club in Atlanta.
Click here to find out where Burns Cottage is in Georgia.
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