Mozley Park Historic District
Why it's listed
Mozley Park is a west Atlanta neighborhood of 477 contributing buildings, laid out from 1907 on land that belonged to Dr. Hiram Mozley and his heirs. Houses went up from about 1910 into the 1940s, most of them modest Craftsman bungalows mixed with Queen Anne and Folk Victorian cottages on gridiron streets, some still with granite curbs and hexagonal paver sidewalks. Residents persuaded the city to buy the Mozley estate for a park in the 1920s, and F. L. Stanton Elementary School opened in 1927. The district was listed for its architecture and its planning history, and above all for its role in Atlanta's civil rights story. In 1949 the Reverend W. W. Witherspool, a Black minister, bought a house in the all-white neighborhood, provoking a near riot. By 1954 the area was predominantly African-American, the first Atlanta neighborhood to change this way, setting a pattern repeated elsewhere in the city.
Significance in brief: The district is significant for its planned neighborhood of Craftsman bungalows and other early 20th-century house types, and for the subdivision of an estate into a neighborhood. It is also significant as the first Atlanta neighborhood to shift from all-white to majority African-American, between 1949 and 1954, which broke the city's housing color line during the civil rights era.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 95000909, listed August 11, 1995. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Westview Dr., West Lake Ave., Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks and M. L. King and Rockmart Dr., Atlanta |
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| County | Fulton County |
| Listed | August 11, 1995 |
| Reference number | 95000909 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1907-1954 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and early 20th century American Movements/bungalow/craftsman; Italian Renaissance revival; Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Folk Victorian; gabled-ell cottage; Georgian cottage |
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| Areas of significance | Black, Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still residential, with a school and park in use; some houses have altered siding, awnings and rear additions, and Interstate 20 removed some older houses and street ends. |
| Acreage | 300 |
| Coordinates | 33.74899, -84.43651 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 95000909.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6928007
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.