{"nrhp_refnum":"80001079","name":"Yonge Street School","other_names":["H.R. Butler School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"89 Yonge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.751828844000045,"lon":-84.37508053699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Education","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick public school building at 89 Yonge Street in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, built in 1911 with additions in 1940 and 1951. It was later renamed H.R. Butler School.","why_significant":"It was the first modern brick public school built for Black students in Atlanta, funded through a 1910 bond issue. It was also where Selena Sloan Butler organized the first Colored Parents and Teachers unit in the United States, which later merged with the Parent-Teacher Association. The nomination treats it as important in Georgia social, political and Afro-American history and in Atlanta educational history.","narrative":"Built in 1911 at 89 Yonge Street in Atlanta, this two-story brick school was the first modern brick public school for Black students in the city. The original three central bays were joined by two flanking bays in 1940 that continued the design, plus a one-story wing in 1951. The center bay has an arched entrance with a fanlight, and rows of nine-over-nine windows light the main facade. The school came from a 1910 city bond issue in which only $38,200 of $600,000 for schools went to a new Black school. The lot was bought from Bishop Henry M. Turner. During its first school year, Selena Sloan Butler and principal Cora Finley organized the country's first Colored Parents and Teachers unit here. A state congress followed in 1921 and a national one in 1926, merging with the P.T.A. in 1970. The school was renamed H.R. Butler School in 1955. Formal operation ended after 1978-79, and it then served as a community center.","period_of_significance":"1910-Present","architect_builder":"King & Walker, Architects; Acworth Construction Co., Builders","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Formal school operation ended after the 1978-79 school year; the building was then serving as a community center for the largely public-housing population nearby.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.13917-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001079.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208412","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/yonge-street-school-80001079/"}