{"nrhp_refnum":"02000712","name":"Lakewood Heights Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Jonesboro Rd. and Lakewood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.70687141250005,"lon":-84.38117881874877,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large, mostly residential historic district about three miles south of downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, with houses, commercial buildings, churches and a school that developed from the 1880s to the 1950s around the Lakewood Avenue and Jonesboro Road intersection.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for its intact collection of late 19th and early 20th century houses, commercial buildings and community landmarks, including the 1932 Lakewood Heights School by Edwards and Sayward. It is also significant in community planning and development as a working-class white suburb that grew along trolley lines extended into the area from the 1890s.","narrative":"Lakewood Heights is a neighborhood of 413 contributing resources about three miles south of downtown Atlanta, centered on Jonesboro Road and Lakewood Avenue. Its growth followed a water works built in 1874, later replaced by Lakewood Park, and the arrival of trolley lines in the late 1890s, which linked workers' housing to the city. Most houses date from the 1890s to the 1930s, with the bungalow the most common type alongside shotgun, gabled ell, Queen Anne, New South and pyramid cottages. Brick commercial buildings with decorative brickwork cluster near the main intersection, along with two early gas stations and a small brick pump house. Churches and the 1932 Lakewood Heights School, designed by Edwards and Sayward, serve as community landmarks. The district was recognized for its architecture and for its role in community planning and development as a trolley-era working-class suburb, with relatively little intrusive infill.","period_of_significance":"1895-1951","architect_builder":"William A. Edwards and William J. Sayward (Edwards and Sayward)-Lakewood Heights School","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Commercial Style, Craftsman, Bungalow, English Vernacular Revival, Folk Victorian, Georgian Cottage, Shotgun, Gabled Ell Cottage, Queen Anne Cottage, New South Cottage, Pyramid Cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains primarily residential with a neighborhood school, churches and a small business district; two former gas stations are non-operational and some vacant lots are overgrown.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.936069-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02000712.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Heights,_Atlanta","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6479403"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/lakewood-heights-historic-district-02000712/"}