{"nrhp_refnum":"00000300","name":"Emory Grove Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Centered on N. Decatur Rd. bet. the CSX RR and the University Park-Emory Highlands-Emory Estates HD","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.79312280900004,"lon":-84.31848096093357,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 90-acre residential neighborhood of small Colonial Revival-style houses, with a high school and a church, located on North Decatur Road between Emory University and Decatur in DeKalb County, Georgia. It was developed between 1928 and 1948.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criteria A and C for architecture, landscape architecture, and community planning and development. It holds an intact group of modest, minimal-traditional Colonial Revival houses built for middle-income Emory University families, along with two community landmark buildings. Its curving streets, traffic islands and three interior parks reflect the influence of the Olmsted-designed Druid Hills plan.","narrative":"Emory Grove is a planned residential neighborhood of about 90 acres between Emory University and Decatur, Georgia. Built mostly between 1939 and 1946, it was conceived by Neal Smith, an Emory facilities manager, and laid out by Robert and Company to provide affordable housing for university faculty and staff. The small one-story and one-and-a-half-story houses follow a single basic Colonial Revival form with minimal ornament, a result of wartime supply shortages and a decision to sell more houses on smaller lots. Curving streets, landscaped traffic islands and three interior parks echo the nearby Olmsted-designed Druid Hills plan. Two landmark buildings anchor the district: Druid Hills High School, built in 1928 to designs by Ivey and Crook, and Emory Presbyterian Church, designed by Sayward and Logan and completed in 1948. The district was listed for its architecture, landscape design and role in the suburban growth of west DeKalb County around Emory University.","period_of_significance":"1928-1948","architect_builder":"Ivey and Crook, architect; Robert and Company, engineer; Sayward and Logan, architect. Houses developed by Neal Smith.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The neighborhood has changed very little since 1948. Houses are still used as dwellings, and the school, church and parks remain in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.428351-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/00000300.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000300/7651517e58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000300/7651517e58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dawnwella","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emory_Grove_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawnwella</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emory_Grove_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75002071","name":"Emory University District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/emory-university-district-75002071/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207771","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Grove_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373691"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/emory-grove-historic-district-00000300/"}