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Days like this still bring out the best In ATL. @191peachtreetower from the roof of Davison’s![]()
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Historic Atlanta’s Policy/ Planning Workshop is exploring options for its next planning initiative. ![]()
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We looking for YOUR feedback via a public survey to establish our next priorities.![]()
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The development of the Southern Railroad, like the belt railroads of American cities in the early 1900’s, is extremely important to tell the story of the City of Atlanta. Belt railways like the Southern Railroad allowed the expansion of industrial activities in cities while avoiding dense population centers like downtown Atlanta.![]()
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Today, the many of the belt railways surrounding the City of Atlanta have been reinvisioned as a 22-mile corridor known as the Atlanta Beltline which retains many historic warehouse buildings along the historic railroad.![]()
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As we wrap-up the Atlanta LGBTQ+ Historic Context Statement, a trailblazing study of LGBTQ+ historic places and spaces in the city completed in partnership with the City of Atlanta, Historic Atlanta’s Policy/ Planning Workshop is exploring options for its next preservation planning initiative. ![]()
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We looking for YOUR feedback via a public survey to establish our next priorities.![]()
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Take our Programs Priorities Survey today - link in bio![]()
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Today marks is the first day of women’s history month and we want to highlight a very special place in need of some love. ![]()
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This is the adult home of Grace Towns Hamilton, who was the first Black woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1966. She was born in 1907, spent her first years inside Atlanta University’s South Hall and then moved to the house next door when she was 3. This piece of land was her family’s garden, but in 1950 the ranch-style Hamilton House was built.![]()
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Historic Atlanta would like to see this house restored and preserved, so that the rich history of University Place, the Towns/Hamilton families, and AU can be easily shared with everyone who visits.![]()
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The National Park Service recently announced a grant of $1 million to help restore two historic homes in Vine City in 2022.![]()
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Surprise! It looks like the Atlanta Streetcar is back serving downtown Atlanta and Historic Sweet Auburn. ![]()
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Coming down between the old Davison’s/Macy’s Building and the Carnegie Building, we felt that the streetcar was striking a pose for us.😍![]()
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Built in 1919-1920 by Architect Charles Hopson, St. Mark's AME is a particularly rare example of the mission revival style in the City of Atlanta. Moreover, the church has stood as a landmark to the surrounding communities of English Ave. and Vine City and is significant for its association with the historic shift in racial patterns known as "white flight," a trend that ultimately led to the sale of the building Western Heights Baptist Church to the Black community.![]()
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The building has received a zoning overlay category as a "Landmark Building/Site"![]()
Alterations, construction, and demolition permits must be approved by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission![]()
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Atlanta is continuing to diversify the types of places that we consider historic - Kudos to all involved.![]()
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Read the designation report at the link in our bio!![]()
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Although Atlanta public education began in 1872, Atlanta did not have a Black secondary school until 1924. failed attempts by Black educators and advocates to secure bond funding in 1903 and 1910 led to efforts by the NAACP and other organizations to hold voter registration drives to push the measure forward in 1919. It worked. ![]()
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By 1921, the school board voted to allocate $1,290,000 for black schools in Atlanta and in June 1922 purchased 22 acres of land and Eugene C. Wachendorff won the bid to design the school in an eclectic mix of revival style architecture like many other schools in the City of Atlanta.![]()
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The building was named after Booker T. Washington, a former enslaved person that became the founder and first principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.![]()
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Today, the building is still used as a public high school and is a City of Atlanta landmark.![]()
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We agree! Check out the latest piece by Maria Saporta regarding the recent fires at Gaines Hall and Furber Cottage if you can.![]()
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One of Historic Atlanta’s first actions as an organization was the hosting of the African American and Civil Rights Landmarks Preservation Forum in September of 2018 to jumpstart discussions around preserving Black landmarks in Atlanta. At the forum - it was clear that restoring Gaines Hall after the 2015 fire was a top priority. ![]()
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Since then, ASALH-Atlanta Branch, Clark-Atlanta University, The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and community members have brought significant attention and made several strides towards the building’s preservation. It is indeed time for Gaines Hall to be restored. Link to story in bio.![]()
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