{"nrhp_refnum":"03000536","name":"Berkeley Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Bellemeade Rd., Northside Dr., Atlanta Waterworks and Howell Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.800268490000065,"lon":-84.41296560898016,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in northwest Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, bounded roughly by Bellemeade Road, Northside Drive, the Atlanta Waterworks and Howell Mill Road. It contains 149 contributing buildings, mostly houses built between 1920 and 1952 in a neighborhood platted in 1921.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its intact collection of early 20th-century house types and styles typical of Georgia's urban neighborhoods, chiefly Craftsman bungalows. It is also significant for its 1921 subdivision plan, laid out by an independent developer near a trolley line for working-class families. Two community landmarks, Underwood Methodist Church and Fire Station #23, add to its importance.","narrative":"Berkeley Park is a small residential neighborhood in northwest Atlanta, laid out in 1921 on land that had been farmland. Its 149 contributing buildings are mostly one- to one-and-a-half-story houses on small, closely spaced lots with uniform setbacks, mature trees and some granite curbing. Craftsman details and the bungalow form dominate, alongside Folk Victorian, English cottage and minimal traditional houses. Two community landmarks anchor the district: Underwood Methodist Church, a granite building completed in 1920, and Atlanta Fire Department Station #23, a 1948 brick building in the International style. The neighborhood was platted by an independent developer rather than a streetcar company, though it lay close to a trolley line, and it attracted working-class families, many tied to the railroad and nearby industry. It is listed for its planning history and for its intact collection of early to mid-20th-century housing, with a period of significance of 1920 to 1952.","period_of_significance":"1920-1952","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Craftsman, Bungalow, Folk Victorian, English Vernacular Revival, English Cottage, Gabled Ell, Minimal Traditional, International","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district remains in residential, fire station and church use, with some modern commercial and light industrial development around it and some nonhistoric infill inside it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.389745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03000536.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208096","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Park,_Atlanta","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4892076"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/berkeley-park-historic-district-03000536/"}