{"nrhp_refnum":"00000563","name":"Adair Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Metropolitan Pkwy., Lexington Ave., Norfolk Southern RR and Shelton Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.73105933900004,"lon":-84.40944521825318,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 19 blocks southwest of downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, beside the Norfolk Southern (formerly Central of Georgia) railroad. It is a \"bungalow suburb\" that developed from the 1890s to the 1940s and includes 431 contributing buildings and one contributing site.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for its variety of late 19th and early 20th century house types and styles, led by the Craftsman bungalow, and for its landmark school and churches. It is significant in community planning and development as a classic streetcar-era bungalow suburb with grid-patterned streets, uniform lots and a park. It retains its historic development pattern.","narrative":"Adair Park is a residential neighborhood of about 19 blocks southwest of downtown Atlanta, next to the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks. It grew between the 1890s and 1940s as a streetcar suburb, with a streetcar line extended into the area in 1902. Most of its houses are one-story wood or brick bungalows with Craftsman detailing, set close together on long, narrow, uniform lots along a grid of streets, with a curving section at the south end. Other house types include Queen Anne, gabled-ell and New South cottages, plus the two-story brick Gillette Mansion begun around 1892. Community landmarks include the 1912 George W. Adair School by Edward E. Dougherty, with a 1928 auditorium by G. Lloyd Preacher, the 1921 Stewart Avenue Methodist church, the 1947 Adair Park Baptist Church and the 1922 park. The district was recognized for its architecture and as an intact example of a bungalow suburb, with a period of significance of c.1892 to 1947.","period_of_significance":"c.1892-1947","architect_builder":"Reverend Charles Lipham; Edward E. Dougherty; G. Lloyd Preacher","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Late Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Folk Victorian, English Vernacular Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions include single and multiple dwellings, commerce, education, religious facilities and a park. The Adair Park Baptist Church building is now used by another congregation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.672363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/00000563.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000563/7f6011050f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000563/7f6011050f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Elisa.rolle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia20131016_140_Adair_Park_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Elisa.rolle</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:Georgia20131016_140_Adair_Park_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208050","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141758304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/adair-park-historic-district-00000563/"}