King, Martin Luther, Jr., Historic District

Centered on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, this roughly 76-acre district preserves the neighborhood where Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in 1929, lived until 1941, and later served as co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Landmarks include the church, completed in 1922, his grave site beside it, and his Queen Anne birthplace at 501 Auburn Avenue, built in 1895. Nearby are Victorian houses of the 1880s, double-shotgun rental duplexes from 1920, the Neo-Classical home of Black contractor Alexander Hamilton II, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Mission of 1912, and Romanesque Revival Fire Station Number 6 of 1894. After the 1906 race riot, Auburn Avenue became the center of Atlanta's Black business and professional life. The district was recognized because these buildings and sites together document King's early years and the wider history of the city's Black community.