AUGUST 2021

UPCOMING

Tours are in full swing!

A recent tour in partnership with Georgia Audubon beginning at the APC

In-person tours are up and running with more in the works! Check out the tour calendar here to see what is coming up. This month, we kicked off one of our new tours in partnership with the Georgia Audubon. Participants toured the L.P. Grant Mansion followed by a guided trip to Grant Park to explore the birds that call this historic neighborhood home. Missed it? This tour will be offered again on Saturday, November 13.

Trolley Barn Candlelight Concert Series

The popular Fever Originals Candlelight series has headed outdoors to the Trolley Barn. Enjoy a variety of candlelight concerts at the c.1889 Trolley Barn in the Inman Park Historic District. Events are coming up, check out the offerings and purchase tickets here.

CIRCA Programming to Resume this Fall

CIRCA is an auxiliary educational and social group of the Atlanta Preservation Center that offers quarterly programs at historic sites. CIRCA members will soon receive an email communication on upcoming events. If you would like to join, you can do so here.

Healey Building Tour

Tours have resumed for the Healey Building! Discover one of Atlanta’s architectural jewels through a one-hour guided tour that explores the interior and exterior of this historic site. The Healey Building is permanently protected by a preservation easement held by Easements Atlanta, Inc., listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a City of Atlanta landmark site

Join us this Saturday (and monthly) from 11am - 12pm. Register here.

Historic Washington Park Day of Service

PRESERVATION UPDATES

OLD FOURTH WARD
Plans recently submitted to the Atlanta BeltLine Design Review Committee show an intent to preserve the architecture of the principal historic structure in Old Fourth Ward. Read more here about the transformation of this warehouse into a restaurant and neighborhood market.

Photo courtesy of Explore Georgia

SWEET AUBURN
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced more than $3 million in grants to 40 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, including the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Atlanta.

Part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge is the former headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where Martin Luther King, Jr. maintained an office. The Lodge was also the location of a Madam C.J. Walker Beauty School and WERD Studio, the first African American-owned and -programmed radio station. The grant will provide funding for a preservation plan to guide the future restoration of the building’s character and condition. Read more about this generous grant here.

BUCKHEAD
The Disco Kroger site in Buckhead is set to be redeveloped and the mural is expected to be preserved. APC Executive Director David Mitchell recently spoke with Atlanta Magazine on Atlanta's history of giving Kroger locations enduring nicknames. Read about it here.

The 1911 East Atlanta Bank at the intersection of Flat Shoals and Glenwood Avenues.
Photo courtesy of Britton Rogers.

EAST ATLANTA HISTORIC DISTRICT
The East Atlanta neighborhood is now officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Included in this listing is the c. 1911 East Atlanta Bank, now home to Flatiron Bar. Designed with elements of Jacobethan Revival style, the East Atlanta Bank Building is the oldest documented extant building in the district’s commercial center and features a Flemish bond brick veneer.

Congratulations to the East Atlanta Community Association and all who supported this preservation effort!

GRANT PARK AND ORMEWOOD PARK
The Atlanta Preservation Center is sponsoring the landmark designation of the Ormewood Avenue Bridge This proposed designation is scheduled for presentation and review by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission on August 25th.

PEACHTREE HILLS
An amended agreement signals a significant preservation win for Buckhead and the National Book Bindery of Georgia Building.

An updated agreement between the developer, Peachtree Hills Civic Association, and the Atlanta Preservation Center specifies not only preserving but also maintaining the primary section of the book bindery as a stand-alone building. The agreement additionally ensures that the exterior façade will not be changed “in any manner that is inconsistent with the historical character."

Since placing this site on the Atlanta Preservation Center's Endangered Places List in 2009, the APC has continued to advocate for the building's preservation and thoughtful reuse. The APC appreciates Kolter Group, Branch Properties, and PHCA working together with the APC on this effort.

Read the full article here.

Photo Courtesy of the Saporta Report

SOUTHEAST ATLANTA
Recently approved amendments by the Atlanta City Council include a requirement for any project to work with the Atlanta Preservation Center and other organizations and government agencies to preserve historic landmarks and artifacts on the site. The site includes the large extant architectural remnants of the 1902 Carnegie Library, Atlanta’s first public library, which was demolished downtown in the 1970s. Read more about the preservation efforts at the Atlanta Prison Farm here.

Photo courtesy of Urbanize Atlanta

DOWNTOWN
Underground Atlanta is a National Register District that occupies the site of the city's earliest commercial development and contains remnants of 19th-century buildings. Listed on the APC's Endangered Places List in 2014, the APC continues to advocate for the preservation and thoughtful reuse of this historic site. Read about the beginning renovations here.

IN THE NEWS

Perimeter College history professor Richard Blackmon and students documenting Civil War encampment earthworks in Atlanta.

Hidden History: Georgia State University Perimeter College Students Map Old Civil War Earthworks in Southwest Atlanta
The 100-acre Hampton-Beecher Nature Preserve, 157-years-old, is now being mapped and catalogued by Perimeter College history professor Richard Blackmon and his students. Read about the project here.

THANK YOU

A special thank you to Mr. Cimiyun Benson, Mr. David Mathis and Mr. Craig Blackmon from City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation for the important services they continue to perform in Grant Park and Southeast Atlanta. Cimiyun and his team assisted with large yard debris removal and more at the historic Erskine Fountain and other public spaces.

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