{"nrhp_refnum":"99000161","name":"Midtown Historic District","other_names":["Uptowne"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 10th St., Ponce de Leon Ave., Piedmont Ave., and Lakeview Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.775990284000045,"lon":-84.37975109223507,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 360-acre residential historic district north of downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, on the east slope of the Peachtree Street ridge. Its subdivisions were laid out between 1885 and 1930.","why_significant":"The district is significant for architecture and for community planning and development. It shows the northward settlement of Atlanta's upper- and middle-class residents along the streetcar lines. It has work by prominent Atlanta architects and a large, intact collection of Craftsman bungalows.","narrative":"Midtown is a neighborhood of about 360 acres north of downtown Atlanta, built up between 1885 and about 1930 as a series of separate subdivisions. Development began with the Edward C. Peters House, built in 1885 by developer Richard Peters for his son. Streetcar lines running north drew Atlanta's white upper- and middle-class families to the area. Most buildings are wood-frame houses, and the district is especially noted for its many Craftsman bungalows on small lots, which retain features such as brackets and porches on masonry piers. Larger, high-style houses were designed by leading early twentieth-century Atlanta architects. The district also contains apartment buildings from 1915 to 1930, small commercial blocks, churches, and Henry W. Grady High School, first built in 1924. Tree-lined streets, including Charles Allen Drive with its landscaped median, add to the character. The area is recognized for its architecture and for its role in Atlanta's northward growth between 1885 and 1949.","period_of_significance":"1885-1949","architect_builder":"Haralson Bleckley; W.A. Brightwell & Sons; Mitchell & Conklin; Lewis E. Crook; Willis F. Denny; Walter T. Downing; C.E. Frazier; Bruce and Morgan; Gottfried Norrman; Benjamin R. Padgett; Emil Seiz; Hentz, Adler & Shutze; Bleckley & Tyler; Harry L. Walker; Lelia Ross Wilburn","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Craftsman, Italianate, Classical Revival, Shingle Style, Mediterranean Revival, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival, Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still largely residential, with houses, apartments, churches, a school, and small commercial buildings in use. Some houses along Ponce de Leon Avenue have been altered for businesses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.631014-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/99000161.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000161/ea1338fb49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000161/ea1338fb49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ssinharoy3","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Midtown_L%26M_Market.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ssinharoy3</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:Midtown_L%26M_Market.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208262","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Historic_District_(Atlanta)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6843084"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/midtown-historic-district-99000161/"}