{"nrhp_refnum":"12001167","name":"Adams, Charles R., Park (Additional Documentation)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1690 Delowe Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.71380830950005,"lon":-84.4619633569119,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Charles R. Adams Park is a 32-acre designed public park in the Cascade Heights neighborhood of southwest Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Construction began in the mid-1930s and the park was dedicated in 1940, based on designs by William L. Monroe, Sr.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the park as significant for its naturalistic landscape design, its role in recreation and community life, and its place in community planning. It retains rustic granite walls, bridges, culverts, log picnic shelters and a man-made lake from the 1930s, many built under the WPA. It also reflects the history of park segregation and desegregation in Atlanta.","narrative":"Charles R. Adams Park is a 32-acre city park in the Cascade Heights neighborhood of southwest Atlanta, about six miles from downtown. Work began in the mid-1930s on a design by William L. Monroe, Sr., and the park was dedicated in 1940. Its hilly, wooded grounds use curving paths and rustic materials, including granite walls, stairs, bridges, culverts and urns, plus log picnic shelters, stone grills, a shaded stream area known as the canyon, and a 1.7-acre fishing lake. One bridge carries a \"WPA 1938\" inscription. Three historic buildings contribute: the 1936 Cascade Community Clubhouse, the 1942 Colonial Revival library, and a c. 1950 gymnasium now used for maintenance. The park first served white residents of Fulton County and reflects Atlanta's segregated park system, which was challenged in the 1950s and 1960s. It is recognized for landscape architecture, recreation and community planning from 1936 to 1962. The adjacent golf course is excluded because of alterations.","period_of_significance":"1936-1962","architect_builder":"William L. Monroe, Sr. (landscape design); F. W. Roebuck named as designer of the 1942 library; Works Progress Administration built the 1936 clubhouse","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The park remains in use for recreation. The 1936 clubhouse and the 1942 library are closed and awaiting other uses, and the former gymnasium serves as a park maintenance facility.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:44.43103-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/12001167.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001167/a40ade54e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001167/a40ade54e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Cynthia Jennings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Historic_Register_Charles_Adams_Park_without_watermark-.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cynthia Jennings</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Historic_Register_Charles_Adams_Park_without_watermark-.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208052","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141758435"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/adams-charles-r-park-additional-documentation-12001167/"}