{"nrhp_refnum":"79000722","name":"Grant Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Glenwood and Atlanta Aves., Kelly and Eloise Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.73633959400004,"lon":-84.37169478301745,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 430-acre residential historic district in southeast Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, centered on the 131-acre Grant Park. It contains about 1,100 structures, mostly late 19th and early 20th century houses, plus schools, churches and small shops.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its architectural cohesiveness and its historical associations. It includes the home of Colonel Lemuel P. Grant, an Atlanta founding figure who donated land for the city's first large park. The park holds the Civil War earthwork Fort Walker and the Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta, and its early 1900s design changes were prepared by the Olmsted brothers.","narrative":"Grant Park Historic District covers about 430 acres of rolling terrain in southeast Atlanta, centered on a 131-acre city park. Most of its roughly 1,100 structures are houses from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including two-story Queen Anne frame dwellings, one-story Victorian cottages, Craftsman bungalows and larger Neo-Classical mansions facing the park. Brick-paved sidewalks, old street trees and stone retaining walls add to the setting. Schools such as Roosevelt High School, churches and small commercial clusters also serve the neighborhood. The district is tied to Colonel Lemuel P. Grant, a railroad builder who designed Atlanta's Civil War fortifications and gave land for the park in 1883. The park holds the remains of Fort Walker and the Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta, and the Olmsted brothers prepared design changes there in the early 1900s. Few intrusions disturb the historic character.","period_of_significance":"1858 - date (checked periods 1800-1899 and 1900-)","architect_builder":"Various","architectural_style":"Late Victorian styles (Queen Anne, Italianate, Neo-Classical), Craftsman bungalows, Classical Revival, Neo-Byzantine Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied, with condition checked as good and fair and altered. The Lemuel P. Grant House is badly deteriorated and its future is in doubt. Many vacant lots are scattered through the area.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.116672-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000722.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000722/97e25a3e16-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000722/97e25a3e16-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Scott Ehardt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grant_Park_field.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Ehardt</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grant_Park_field.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208204","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park,_Atlanta","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5596396"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/grant-park-historic-district-79000722/"}