The City of Atlanta Historic Preservation and Urban Design Commission, which is part of the City of Atlanta government, nominates and designates five types of historic properties: Landmark Building or Site, Historic Building or Site, Landmark District, Historic District, and Conservation District. [1] The Atlanta Urban Design Commission was established by city ordinance in 1975. [1] In 1989, the city enacted its current historic preservation ordinance. [1] Since that time, the city has designated more than seventy individual properties and eighteen districts. [1] There are specific criteria for each type of designation. [2]
These designations are city-level designations, separate from the federally designated properties on the National Register of Historic Places (see National Register of Historic Places listings in Fulton County, Georgia).
The following places are designated as either as a "Landmark Building or Site" or "Historic Building or Site." [3]
The Georgia State Capitol is designated an "Honorary Landmark," the only site to be so designated by the City of Atlanta. [3]
Building/Site Name | Street Address | Date Designated | Designation Type | Also on NRHP? |
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Academy of Medicine | 875 West Peachtree St., N.W. | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Andrews-Dunn House | 2801 Andrews Dr., NW | 1992-12-2 | Landmark | |
Atlanta City Hall | 68 Mitchell St., SE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Atlanta Stockade | 750 Glenwood Ave., SE | 1989-10-23 | Historic | Yes |
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | 325 Peachtree Center Ave., NE | 1990-04-10 | Landmark | Yes |
Biltmore Hotel and Tower | 817 West Peachtree St., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
C&S National Bank Building, now the J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building | 35 Broad St., NW | 1992-07-04 | Landmark | |
Candler Building | 127 Peachtree St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Carnegie Building | 141 Carnegie Way, NW | 1990-07-10 | Historic | Yes |
Central Presbyterian Church | 201 Washington St., SW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Commercial Row | 990 Peachtree Street, NE | 2008-06-10 | Historic | |
Crum & Forster Building | 771 Spring Street, NW | 2009-8-25 | Landmark | |
Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant | 125 Edgewood Ave., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Feebeck Hall | 96 Armstrong St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Historic | |
First Congregational Church | 115 Courtland St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Flatiron Building | 84 Peachtree St., NW | 1991-12-23 | Landmark | |
Fountain Hall | 643 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., SW | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | Yes |
Fox Theater | 660 Peachtree St., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Gentry-McClinton House | 132 East Lake Dr., SE | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | |
Georgia Hall (Original Grady Hospital) | 36 Butler St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | |
Georgia State Capitol | 206 Washington St., S.E. | NA | Honorary Landmark | Yes |
Georgian Terrace Hotel | 659 Peachtree St., NE | 1990-06-13 | Landmark | |
Jeremiah S. Gilbert House | 2238 Perkerson Rd., SW | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | Yes |
Graves Hall at Morehouse College | 830 Westview Dr., SW | 1991-12-23 | Landmark | |
Haas-Howell Building (now part of Rialto Center for the Arts) | 75 Poplar St., NW | 1991-12-23 | Landmark | |
Healey Building | 57 Forsyth St., NW | 1991-12-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Herndon Home | 587 University Pl., SW | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | Yes |
Hirsch Hall | 55 Coca-Cola Pl., NE | 1989-12-12 | Historic | |
Hurt Building | 45 Edgewood Ave., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Imperial Hotel | 355 Peachtree St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Historic | Yes |
Kriegshaber House | 292 Moreland Ave., NE | 1990-06-13 | Landmark | Yes |
M. Rich Building | 82-86 Peachtree St. & 111-115 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., SW | 2000-06-14 | Landmark | |
Nicolson, William Perrin, House (Shellmont Inn) | 821 Piedmont Ave., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Olympia Building | 23 Peachtree St., NE | 1990-06-13 | Landmark | |
Orr, W.W, Doctors Building | 478 Peachtree St., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | |
Palmer House Apartments | 81 Peachtree Pl. & 952 Peachtree St., NW | 1992-04-08 | Landmark | Yes |
Peachtree Christian Church | 1580 Peachtree St., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Edward C. Peters House | 179 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Piedmont Park Apartments | 266 Eleventh St., NE | 1991-12-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Ponce de Leon Apartments | 75 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE | 1993-05-10 | Landmark | |
Randolph-Lucas House | 2494 Peachtree Rd., NW | 1990-03-12 | Historic | |
Rhodes Memorial Hall | 1516 Peachtree St., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Rhodes-Haverty Building | 134 Peachtree St., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Roosevelt High School | 745 Rosalia St., SE | 1995-10-10 | Landmark | |
Rose, Rufus M., House | 537 Peachtree St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Spotswood Hall | 505 Argonne Dr, NW | 2000-02-16 | Landmark | Yes |
St. Mark United Methodist Church | 781 Peachtree St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Steiner Clinic | 62 Butler St., NE | 1989-12-12 | Historic | |
Swan House | 3099 Andrews Dr., NW | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | Yes |
Ten Park Place Building (Thornton Building) | 10 Park Pl., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | |
The Castle | 87 15th St., NW | 1989-12-22 | Historic | |
The Temple | 1589 Peachtree St., NE | 1989-10-23 | Landmark [4] | Yes [5] |
Washington, Booker T., High School | 45 Whitehouse Dr., SW | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | Yes |
Wimbish House (Atlanta Woman's Club) | 1150 Peachtree Street, NE | 2002-03-12 | Landmark | |
Windsor House Apartments (Margaret Mitchell House & Museum) | 979 Crescent Ave., NW | 1989-10-23 | Landmark | Yes |
Wren's Nest (Joel Chandler Harris House) | 1050 Gordon St., SW | 1989-10-14 | Landmark | Yes |
The following are designated as a "Landmark District," "Historic District," or "Conservation District." [3]
District | Designated | Type | Notes |
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Cabbagetown | June 19, 1989 | Landmark | |
Druid Hills | June 19, 1989 (expanded January 25, 2001) | Landmark | |
M. L. King, Jr. | June 19, 1989 | Landmark | |
Baltimore Block | June 19, 1989 | Landmark | |
Washington Park | June 19, 1989 | Landmark | |
Oakland Cemetery | June 19, 1989 | Landmark | |
Hotel Row | December 23, 1991 | Landmark | |
Castleberry Hill | March 16, 2006 | Landmark | |
West End | December 7, 1991 (expanded August 19, 2002) | Historic | |
Adair Park | August 9, 1994 | Historic | |
Whittier Mill | October 28, 1994 | Historic | |
Grant Park | April 11, 2000 (expanded November 10, 2003) | Historic | |
Inman Park | April 10, 2002 | Historic | |
Oakland City | November 10, 2004 | Historic | |
Atkins Park | July 5, 2007 | Historic | |
Sunset Avenue | May 25, 2011 | Historic | |
Collier Heights | May 7, 2013 | Historic | |
Brookwood Hills | November 28, 1994 | Conservation |
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