Chapman's house

A month or so ago, the inDecatur blog mentioned the fact that John Lennon's murderer, Mark Chapman*, lived in the Decatur area as a teenager. This reminded me that I had wondered for several years exactly where Chapman used to live, so I decided to get busy. I verified his dad's first name (David) and headed for the library to consult the 1972 City Directory book for Suburban Atlanta, when Chapman would have been either a junior or a senior in high school. There, I found that the Chapman family lived at 2184 Green Forrest Drive (link goes to Google Map), which has a Decatur mailing address, though it's not officially within the city limits. He attended nearby Columbia High School.

Sorry, but I can't bring myself to participate in the goofy tendency to refer to him by all 3 names (Mark David Chapman). I'd be willing to bet he was known simply as Mark Chapman before he murdered Lennon. As far as I'm concerned, the use of all 3 of his names in the aftermath of his crime is a dumb media contrivance.