{"nrhp_refnum":"02000565","name":"Winnona Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. College Ave., Avery St., S. Columbia Dr., and Mimosa Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.76497426650005,"lon":-84.2883225063754,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-30","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 residential historic district on the south side of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia, made up of several early- to mid-20th-century subdivisions laid out between 1914 and 1952. It has 323 contributing and 71 noncontributing resources, including the 1868 Avary-Fulton House and the 1924 Winnona Park School.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criteria A and C in architecture, landscape architecture, and community planning and development. It keeps an intact collection of Craftsman, English Vernacular Revival, Colonial Revival and minimal traditional houses built from 1914 to 1951. It also includes two houses designed by Leila Ross Wilburn, one of Georgia's first women architects, and shows the growth of suburban subdivisions in Decatur.","narrative":"Winnona Park is a residential neighborhood on the south side of Decatur, Georgia, that grew through a series of subdivisions between 1914 and 1952. Shoal Creek runs through its center. The oldest houses west of the creek are Craftsman bungalows and English Vernacular Revival homes from the 1910s to 1930s. East of the creek, the Missionary Heights, Winnona Heights and Mimosa Drive subdivisions added rows of modest minimal traditional houses built mostly in the 1940s. The district also includes the 1868 Avary-Fulton House, the oldest building in the area, and the Colonial Revival Winnona Park School of 1924, which remains in use. Two Craftsman bungalows on Avery Street were designed by Leila Ross Wilburn, a pioneering Georgia woman architect. Curving streets, mature trees, consistent setbacks and unbroken rows of similar houses give the neighborhood a cohesive character. It was recognized for its architecture, landscape design and role in Decatur's suburban growth.","period_of_significance":"1868-1951","architect_builder":"Leila Ross Wilburn (architect); Edwards and Sayward (school architects, named in the description section)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Ranch Style; also Georgian-plan house, gabled-ell cottage, American Foursquare, minimal traditional cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed are single dwelling, school and specialty store; the Winnona Park School remains in use and received an addition in 2001.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.385414-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02000565.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207822","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnona_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8025855"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/winnona-park-historic-district-02000565/"}