An Atlanta mansion with a connection to James Brown’s family is on the market for $5,295,000. Behind the columns and resort-style grounds is the story we explored in our earlier video: Yamma Brown, her former husband Darren Anthony Lumar, and a Buckhead address that became part of a much larger family history.
The family connection behind the headline
The current listing describes the property as a former home of James Brown. The more specific connection explored here is to his daughter Yamma Brown and her then-husband, Darren Lumar. Atlanta Magazine’s 2009 investigation, “The Debtor,” places the couple in the mansion on Tuxedo Court. That reporting supports the family connection; it should not be read as proof that the singer personally owned this address.
Our earlier research identified a February 22, 2006 transaction involving Darren Anthony Lumar at $2,825,000. Atlanta Magazine separately described a February agreement to pay approximately $2.941 million by September. Those figures describe different accounts of the transaction and should not be treated as interchangeable.
The magazine recounts a July 2006 party at the mansion, a public display of Lumar’s ambitions. It also describes the later collapse of his business, the couple’s separation, and his eviction from the home. In November 2008, Lumar was fatally shot at a different Buckhead residence. The Tuxedo Court mansion was not the location of that shooting.
Inside the estate
Today’s listing presents a six-bedroom residence on 1.19 acres, built in 1990. Zillow’s detailed bathroom breakdown shows seven full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. The distinction matters because some of the marketing copy gives a different total.
The entrance sets the tone with tall columns and a sweeping staircase. In the listing photographs, white walls, dark stair rails and warm wood floors give the rooms a quieter palette than the dramatic exterior might suggest. The house can make an entrance without every room shouting for attention.
The listing highlights an elevator linking three levels, a wine cellar, a theater with an adjoining second kitchen, and a separate two-bedroom carriage house with its own living space and kitchen. Outside, the pool complex includes a waterfall, hot tub, outdoor bar and hidden grotto.
A lower asking price, a new chapter
Zillow’s price history shows a $6.195 million asking price in March 2025, followed by $5.895 million that May. The current campaign began in March 2026 at $5.895 million before an April reduction to $5.295 million. That puts the asking price $900,000 below the March 2025 figure, a reduction of roughly 14.5 percent.
An asking price is an invitation to negotiate, not a recorded sale or a guarantee of market value. For this estate, the next closing will determine what a buyer is willing to pay for the property’s present-day appeal.
The family history gives the address its story. The next owner gets a different task: deciding what comes after it.
Listing: Shannon Inhouse, Beacham & Company, MLS 7732140. See the Zillow listing and brokerage listing. Asking price and status checked October 24, 2026. Historical reporting: Atlanta Magazine.