{"nrhp_refnum":"86000134","name":"Brookhaven Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E of Peachtree-Dunwoody and N and E of Peachtree Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.865207564500054,"lon":-84.3499902851587,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 300-acre residential historic district in Atlanta, spanning Fulton and DeKalb Counties, Georgia, laid out from 1910 around a golf course and country club. It consists of three separately platted subdivisions with curvilinear streets.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest golf course/country club suburb in Georgia and perhaps the Southeast, significant for community planning, landscape architecture, architecture, and social history and recreation. Its houses show a continuous run of period revival and eclectic styles from 1910 to 1941. The country club documents the recreation and social life of Atlanta's upper middle and upper classes.","narrative":"Brookhaven is a suburban neighborhood in Atlanta, covering about 300 acres across Fulton and DeKalb Counties, that was planned around a golf course and country club beginning in 1910. Three subdivisions share curving streets laid over rolling land, with pines and shade trees, a lake, and a wooded ravine park. Houses built between 1910 and 1941 include Colonial and Georgian Revival, Tudor Revival, and Minimal Traditional designs, several by prominent Atlanta architects such as Hal Hentz and Neel Reid. The 1927 Norman Revival clubhouse, designed by Preston Stevens, belongs to the Capital City Club. The district was listed because it appears to be the first golf club community in Georgia and perhaps the Southeast, because its landscaping reflects early twentieth-century suburban planning, and because its architecture and club record the social and recreational life of Atlanta's prosperous residents. Postwar ranch houses make up only a small share of the buildings.","period_of_significance":"1910-1941","architect_builder":"Multiple, including golf course architect Herbert H. Barker; architects Hal Hentz, Neel Reid, A.F.N. Everett, Cyril B. Smith, and Preston Stevens (Capital City Clubhouse); builders Martin W. Nicholes and Thomas Windham","architectural_style":"Colonial and Georgian Revival, Tudor Revival, Minimal Traditional, Craftsman, Norman Revival (clubhouse), and eclectic styles","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied, in excellent condition, with private residences and a country club; about 80% of housing was complete by 1941.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.575641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86000134.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000134/defab6d1da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000134/defab6d1da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rrleffler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brookhaven_Historic_District,_Established_1910.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rrleffler</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brookhaven_Historic_District,_Established_1910.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208104","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookhaven_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55606003"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/brookhaven-historic-district-86000134/"}