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. The Atlanta Urban Design Commission was established by city ordinance in 1975. In 1989, the city enacted its current historic preservation ordinance. Since that time, the city has designated more than seventy individual properties and eighteen districts. There are specific criteria for each type of designation.Designation Criteria, City of Atlanta Historic Preservation and Urban Design Commission.
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).
List of individual designated sites The following places are designated as either as a "Landmark Building or Site" or "Historic Building or Site."Property & District Information, City of Atlanta Historic Preservation and Urban Design Commission.
The Georgia State Capitol is designated an "Honorary Landmark," the only site to be so designated by the City of Atlanta.
+ City of Atlanta designated landmark and historic buildings and sites Building/Site Name Street Address DateDesignated Designation Type Also onNRHP? 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 theJ. 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 YesCarnegie Building 141 Carnegie Way, NW 1990-07-10 HistoricYes Central Presbyterian Church 201 Washington St., SW 1989-10-23 Landmark Yes Commercial Row 990 Peachtree Street, NE2008-06-10 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 HonoraryLandmark 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 YesPonce 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 Yes 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
List of designated districts The following are designated as a "Landmark District," "Historic District," or "Conservation District."
District Designated Type Notes 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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