{"nrhp_refnum":"80000435","name":"King, Martin Luther, Jr., National Historic Site and Preservation District","other_names":["Martin Luther King,Jr.,Historic District &amp","National Historic"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Courtland, Randolph, Chamberlain Sts. and Irwin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.755236965500046,"lon":-84.37217029144223,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 22.4-acre urban historic district in Atlanta, Georgia, roughly bounded by Jackson, Howell and Old Wheat Streets and Edgewood Avenue. It includes the block where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born, Ebenezer Baptist Church, and commercial buildings along Edgewood Avenue.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its association with Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birth home, church and grave are within or tied to the area. It also reflects the growth of the Auburn Avenue black community, and its houses illustrate Queen Anne, double shotgun and other building types. Most resources relate to King's formative years from 1929 to 1948.","narrative":"This 22.4-acre district in Atlanta preserves the neighborhood where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born, lived, worked and worshipped. It centers on the Birth Home Block along Auburn Avenue, Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King, his father and his grandfather served as pastors, and commercial buildings on Edgewood Avenue. The King Center, with his crypt, lies nearby. Most buildings are wood houses, many with Queen Anne details, along with double shotgun duplexes built as low-cost rental housing. Streetcar lines in the 1880s and 1890s encouraged residential growth, and the area was largely white and middle class until the years after the 1906 race riot. By 1920 the neighborhood was overwhelmingly black. The district is recognized for its link to King's youth, for its role in the history of Atlanta's black community, and for its range of late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture. Its period of significance runs from about 1880 to 1968.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1880-1968","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Gothic, Italianate, Romanesque); Bungalow/Craftsman; Moderne; International Style; double shotgun houses","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Part of the site is a National Park Service unit. The Birth Home was restored and tours are given there. Several houses have been rehabilitated or were being rehabilitated by the NPS. The area around the site has low-income housing in poor condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.919544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000435/933f36cd79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000435/933f36cd79-1600.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/93208246","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-national-historic-site-and-preservation-district-80000435/"}