{"nrhp_refnum":"86000366","name":"Central Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Washington St. SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.74977933200006,"lon":-84.38895791499993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four attached church buildings at 201 Washington Street S.W. in Atlanta, Georgia, directly west of the Georgia State Capitol. The main church was completed in 1885 to designs by Edmund G. Lind.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a fine example of English Gothic style with a limestone facade and a work of architect Edmund G. Lind. It is also significant in religion as an early Atlanta Presbyterian congregation, and in social/humanitarian terms for its long record of community service, including a baby health clinic founded in 1922.","narrative":"Central Presbyterian Church occupies a one-acre site at 201 Washington Street S.W. in Atlanta, facing the city's original town square and standing just west of the Georgia State Capitol. The complex has four attached buildings: the 1885 main church, the 1925 Campbell-Eagan Educational Building, the 1950 Rand Chapel and the 1968 Oglesby Building. The church and chapel are English Gothic, with rough limestone fronts. Edmund G. Lind, an English-born architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, designed the 1885 church, one of few of his works remaining in Georgia. The congregation formed in 1858 and has long combined worship with social service. It opened a baby clinic in 1922, supported a downtown mission, sheltered civil rights workers in the 1960s, and still runs a day care center, a family clinic and a winter shelter. Its architecture and its religious and humanitarian role underpin its listing.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899; 1900- (specific dates 1885, 1925)","architect_builder":"Edmund G. Lind, Architect (main church); Dougherty and Gardner (Campbell-Eagan Building)","architectural_style":"English Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a church, with a day care center, health clinic and winter shelter for the homeless; condition listed as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.253311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/86000366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000366/1c033b00b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000366/1c033b00b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Presbyterian_Church_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Central_Presbyterian_Church_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208126","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Presbyterian_Church_(Atlanta)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14686607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/central-presbyterian-church-86000366/"}