{"nrhp_refnum":"05000140","name":"Candler Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Moreland Ave., Freedom Pkwy., Harold Ave., Matthews St., and DeKalb Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"DeKalb County","state":"GA","lat":33.77129690450005,"lon":-84.34343426014362,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district east of downtown Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, originally the independent community of Edgewood and centered on Candler Park. This documentation expands the northern boundary and updates the 1983 listing.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for community planning and development as an independent railroad community that became a streetcar suburb annexed into Atlanta. It is also significant for architecture, with intact houses, commercial buildings and community landmarks typical of Georgia from about 1870 to 1955. The amendment extends the period of significance to 1955 and adds 1930s-1950s houses and modern apartment complexes.","narrative":"Candler Park is a residential neighborhood east of downtown Atlanta that began as Edgewood, a community along the Georgia Railroad in the 1870s. It was incorporated in 1899 and annexed by Atlanta in 1909. Candler Park itself was developed in 1922. The grid-patterned streets hold Queen Anne and Folk Victorian houses in the west, Craftsman bungalows farther east, and brick bungalows and English-style cottages from the 1920s to 1940s. Landmarks include several churches, the 1926 Mary Lin School and clusters of 1920s corner stores. This amendment, following the 1983 listing, extends the period of significance to 1955 and enlarges the northern boundary near Benning Place and Freedom Parkway. It adds 70 contributing buildings and one contributing site, including modest American Small Houses, Goldsboro Park, and the 1949 Goldsboro Apartments and Benning Place Apartments. Some earlier buildings were reclassified because of heavy alteration, and 14 were newly counted as historic.","period_of_significance":"c. 1870-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Folk Victorian, American Small House","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed include single and multiple dwellings, specialty stores, a school and a park; many houses have been altered, and some historic buildings were torn down for new houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.536522-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05000140.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000140/598a315606-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000140/598a315606-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Goingstuckey","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Candler_Park_Atlanta.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Goingstuckey</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:Candler_Park_Atlanta.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75002070","name":"Druid Hills Parks and Parkways","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/druid-hills-parks-and-parkways-75002070/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207754","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candler_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3895380"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dekalb-county/candler-park-historic-district-boundary-increase-05000140/"}