The L.P. Grant Mansion west wing prior to restoration

By 2001, the L.P. Grant Mansion had suffered over fifty years of neglect, fire, and other damage. The building in danger of being demolished for two new homes. In December 2001, the Atlanta Preservation Center purchased Atlanta's most significant and endangered house, the antebellum Lemuel P. Grant Mansion in the Grant Park Historic District. This purchase prevented the demoltion for new residential development and marked the beginning of the Grant Mansion's long restoration process.