Piedmont Park Apartments
Why it's listed
Piedmont Park Apartments is a three-story brick apartment building at 266 11th Street in Atlanta's Midtown, facing Piedmont Park. Built in 1913 from designs by Leila Ross Wilburn, it has a flat roof with wide tile-covered eaves, decorative brackets, grouped windows, and a central arched entrance framed by classical pilasters. Four projecting pavilions hold apartment porches, and the plan includes about twenty-six units. It was built as middle-class housing when streetcar lines and the growth of the park were drawing residents and apartment construction to the area. Wilburn was among Atlanta's first registered women architects and designed residential work exclusively, including many apartment buildings. The building was recognized for its architecture as an intact Italianate apartment house and for its link to Wilburn in the area of women's history. It remains in apartment use and was recently rehabilitated with a state property tax abatement.
Significance in brief: The building is cited as a good, intact example of an early 20th-century Italianate apartment building, built during a boom in Atlanta apartment construction. It is also tied to Leila Ross Wilburn, a pioneering female architect who designed many apartment buildings and residential plans in Atlanta and beyond.
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 03001104, listed October 28, 2003. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 266 11th St., Atlanta |
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| County | Fulton County |
| Listed | October 28, 2003 |
| Reference number | 03001104 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1913 |
| Architect / builder | Leila Ross Wilburn |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian/Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Other |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as an apartment building; recently rehabilitated through a Georgia property tax abatement program. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | Piedmont Park |
| Coordinates | 33.78455, -84.37855 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
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 03001104.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q60763585
- This listing as JSON
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