{"nrhp_refnum":"74000677","name":"King, Martin Luther, Jr., Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded roughly by Irwin, Randolph, Edgewood, Jackson, and Auburn Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.755236965500046,"lon":-84.37217029144223,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-05-05","areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 76 acres in the Upper Auburn Avenue area of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, covering commercial and residential buildings, a church, and sites linked to Martin Luther King, Jr. Structures date from the 1880s to the 1920s.","why_significant":"The district contains the birthplace, church and grave site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the neighborhood where he was born, grew up, served as minister and was buried. It also preserves buildings reflecting Atlanta's Black history, when Auburn Avenue became the center of the city's Black business and professional community after about 1910.","narrative":"Centered on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, this roughly 76-acre district preserves the neighborhood where Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in 1929, lived until 1941, and later served as co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Landmarks include the church, completed in 1922, his grave site beside it, and his Queen Anne birthplace at 501 Auburn Avenue, built in 1895. Nearby are Victorian houses of the 1880s, double-shotgun rental duplexes from 1920, the Neo-Classical home of Black contractor Alexander Hamilton II, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Mission of 1912, and Romanesque Revival Fire Station Number 6 of 1894. After the 1906 race riot, Auburn Avenue became the center of Atlanta's Black business and professional life. The district was recognized because these buildings and sites together document King's early years and the wider history of the city's Black community.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alexander Hamilton II (Black contractor, built his own house at 102 Howell Street); Paul Muldawer, AIA (Ebenezer Baptist Church educational addition)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Victorian, Neo-Classical, Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked fair and altered. Fire Station Number 6 still operates, the birthplace was slated for restoration as a house museum, and some buildings were converted to multi-family housing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.140969-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000677.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000677/933f36cd79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000677/933f36cd79-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebenezer-Baptist-from-pulpit.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebenezer-Baptist-from-pulpit.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000741","name":"Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/martin-luther-king-jr-historic-district-boundary-increase-00000741/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208244","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._National_Historical_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5016739"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/king-martin-luther-jr-historic-district-74000677/"}