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East Atlanta Added to Georgia Register of Historic Places

Eight resources were newly added to the Georgia Register of Historic Places in August 2018. Nominations for these resources were approved during an August 24th meeting of the Georgia National Register Review Board, which is charged with evaluating National Register nominations from Georgia prior to their submission to the National Park Service for National Register of Historic Places listing. As Georgia’s state historic preservation office (SHPO), the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) administers the National Register of Historic Places program in Georgia.

The newly-listed resources are:

• Cascade Heights Commercial Historic District, Atlanta, Fulton County – a small, multi-block district with historic resources such as retail commercial buildings, office buildings, gas stations, civic buildings, churches, and multi-family residential. The district is locally significant for its sustained role as the principal commercial center for the Cascade Heights area in suburban southwest Atlanta since the 1930s and was responsible for the social, spiritual and commercial needs of a growing suburban community. The district illustrates changing tastes, needs, and uses over a period of time - spanning streetcar and early automobile subdivision development to completely auto-centric suburban growth in Atlanta.
   
• East Atlanta Historic District, Atlanta, DeKalb County - a large and diverse neighborhood of single-family houses, apartments, commercial and civic buildings, a park, and a cemetery that straddles the eastern boundary of the city of Atlanta, and the western boundary of unincorporated DeKalb County.  Its diverse historic resources and piecemeal development patterns reflect the area’s evolution from rural area, to Atlanta streetcar suburb, to automobile-oriented urban neighborhood. The district is significant as one of Dekalb County and Atlanta’s primary commercial nodes during the early to mid-20th century, and as an embodiment of the trends and changes that shaped and defined Dekalb County and Atlanta’s development during the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries, including economic and political forces such as transportation improvements, urban consolidation, and integration leading to demographic shifts in the 1960s.
   
• Sandersville High School, Sandersville, Washington County – a consolidated school that initially served grades 1-11 of the northern half of Washington County following its opening in 1939. With its Colonial Revival-style elements and E-shaped plan, the school is a good example of the work of prolific Atlanta-based architect William J.J. Chase, who designed over 100 schools in the state of Georgia. Its intact E-plan, which housed classrooms, administrative offices, a library, labs, and an auditorium (the largest in the county), along with later outbuildings, conveys the school consolidation that occurred in response to education concerns in the state of Georgia in the early 20th century and the expansion of those consolidated schools over time.
   
• Atlanta-Fulton Central Library, Atlanta, Fulton County – the library system’s central library and headquarters building located in the heart of downtown Atlanta and opened to the public in 1980. The massive, sculptural public building was the last completed work of master architect Marcel Breuer, as well as Breuer’s only known work in Georgia. Additionally, its hard-edged geometric angles, few windows which often appear as voids, widespread use of concrete, and broad stretches of exterior wall interrupted by deep recesses make it an excellent example of the Brutalist style in Atlanta.

A Benefit Fundraiser for Neighbor in Need East Atlanta

What happens in EAV, stays in EAV!

Proceeds from this event benefit Neighbor in Need, a local non-profit that helps seniors make much-needed housing repairs.       

Friends of East Atlanta Library Annual Party

Mark Your Calendar for 6th Annual Dogtoberfest 

The family-friendly festival will feature a pet parade, Halloween costume contest and more! 

• Meeting adoptable dogs and cats.
• Watching, or joining in on, the pet parade.
• A chance to win wonderful prizes by entering the pet costume contest.
• Fun people and pup vendors
• Exciting raffle prizes

Save the Date for EAVoween

Interested in sponsoring?
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If you have questions or would like more information about sponsorship levels, please contact eapn@eaca.net.

Let the Children Play!

East Atlanta Parent Network Call for Playgroups

Second Saturday Film Club: 2019 Openings