{"nrhp_refnum":"96001338","name":"College Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Vesta Ave., Yale Ave., Madison St., Harris St., and Washington Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"College Park","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.66077962800006,"lon":-84.45324075812186,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Education","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the historic core of College Park, Fulton County, Georgia, about eight miles south of Atlanta. It holds 853 contributing resources, mostly buildings dating from the 1890s through the 1940s, including commercial, civic and residential properties.","why_significant":"The district is significant in architecture for hundreds of intact houses and community buildings representing most major styles from the 1890s to the 1940s. It is also significant in community planning and development, since College Park began as the planned town of Manchester in 1890 and was organized around two educational institutions. Its landscape features and the education tradition begun by Dr. Charles Cox add to its importance.","narrative":"College Park Historic District preserves the historic center of a suburban town eight miles south of Atlanta. The town began as Manchester in 1890, when Atlanta businessmen bought 900 acres along the railroad, and it was soon planned around a college and a military academy. The district contains the commercial strip along Main Street, the city government complex on the former Cox College site, schools, churches, a 1917 railroad depot, a 1937 post office with a 1938 mural, the 1921 Woman's Clubhouse and a 1941 city auditorium. Its residential blocks hold hundreds of houses from the 1890s to the 1940s in Queen Anne, Craftsman, Georgian, Spanish Colonial and Dutch Colonial Revival styles. Landscaped medians, parks, wide sidewalks and oak and dogwood plantings follow a tradition started by Dr. Charles Cox in 1896. The district was recognized for its architecture and its planned community development.","period_of_significance":"1891-1946","architect_builder":"Burge and Stevens; Chase, William J. J.; Cox, William S.; Wilburn, Leila Ross","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival); Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as the historic core of a viable city whose citizens continue to work in and inhabit its historic buildings. Some historic houses have been restored, and many are rentals.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.59629-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/96001338.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208134","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141760354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/college-park-historic-district-96001338/"}