Adams, Charles R., Park (Additional Documentation)

Charles R. Adams Park is a 32-acre city park in the Cascade Heights neighborhood of southwest Atlanta, about six miles from downtown. Work began in the mid-1930s on a design by William L. Monroe, Sr., and the park was dedicated in 1940. Its hilly, wooded grounds use curving paths and rustic materials, including granite walls, stairs, bridges, culverts and urns, plus log picnic shelters, stone grills, a shaded stream area known as the canyon, and a 1.7-acre fishing lake. One bridge carries a "WPA 1938" inscription. Three historic buildings contribute: the 1936 Cascade Community Clubhouse, the 1942 Colonial Revival library, and a c. 1950 gymnasium now used for maintenance. The park first served white residents of Fulton County and reflects Atlanta's segregated park system, which was challenged in the 1950s and 1960s. It is recognized for landscape architecture, recreation and community planning from 1936 to 1962. The adjacent golf course is excluded because of alterations.