National Register of Historic Places - Georgia (GA), De Kalb County

De Kalb County Georgia (Historic Districts) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Avondale Estates Historic District, Druid Hills Historic District, Druid Hills Parks and Parkways, Emory University District and Oglethorpe University Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these De Kalb County historic places including Dr. Thornwall Jacobs and Asa G. Candler Jr..

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the De Kalb County places including Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles W. Jr. Leavitt, Henry Hornbostel, Arthur Neal Robinson, Morgan and Dillon, George Weiblen, Ansley, William, et al., J.A. Wilson, Walter Hancock and Barili and Humphreys. Prominent architectural styles found in De Kalb Country are Colonial Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Avondale Estates Historic District (added 1986 - - #86003669)

Roughly bounded by Avondale Rd., Lakeshore Dr., Kingstone, Clarendon, and Fairchild Dr., also Lake Avondale , Avondale Estates

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Robinson,Arthur Neal

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Briarcliff (added 1988 - - #88001167)

Also known as Candler,Asa G.,Jr.,House

1260 Briarcliff Rd., NE , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Frazier,Charles E.

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Candler,Asa G.,Jr.

Significant Year:

1933, 1922

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hospital

Brookhaven Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000134)

E of Peachtree-Dunwoody and N and E of Peachtree Rds. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Cameron Court District (added 1982 - - #82004662)

E of Atlanta at Braircliff Rd. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nicholes,H.W.

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Candler Park Historic District (added 1983 - - #83000191)

Roughly bounded by Moreland, DeKalb, McLendon, and Harold Aves., Mathews St., and Clifton Terr. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Candler Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2005 - - #05000140)

Roughly bounded by Moreland Ave., Freedom Pkwy., Harold Ave., Matthews St., and DeKalb Ave. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Decatur Cemetery (added 1997 - - #97000459)

Also known as Old Decatur Cemetery;Decatur City Cemetery

229 Bell St. , Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Scott, Robert et al., Pauley, W.C.

Area of Significance:

Art, Community Planning And Development, Black, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Defense, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Cemetery, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Monument/Marker

Decatur Downtown Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000281)

Roughly bounded by N. McDonough St., E. Howard Ave., Hillyer & Commercial Sts., & E. Ponce De Leon Ave., Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Decatur Waterworks (added 2006 - - #06000123)

1400 McConnell Dr., Mason Mill Park , Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery (added 2009 - - #09000585)

Also known as Chesnut House

4831 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd. , Dunwoody

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith, Francis Palmer

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Druid Hills Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000715)

Also known as Druid Hills

U.S. 29 , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Olmsted,Frederick Law

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Druid Hills Parks and Parkways (added 1975 - - #75002070)

Both sides of Ponce de Leon Ave. between Briarcliff Rd. and the Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks , Atlanta and vicinity

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Olmsted,Frederick Law

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Emory Grove Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000300)

Centered on N. Decatur Rd. bet. the CSX RR and the University Park-Emory Highlands-Emory Estates HD , Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ivey and Crook, Robert and Company

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Emory University District (added 1975 - - #75002071)

N. Decatur Rd. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Hornbostel,Henry

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Inman Park--Moreland Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001209)

Also known as See Also:Kriegshaber House

Roughly bounded by N. Highland, Seminole and Euclid, DeKalb, and Degress and Nashita Aves. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Denny,Wallis F.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Kirkwood Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000749)

Roughly bounded by Memorial Dr., Montgomery St., Hosea Williams Dr., Rogers St., CSX RR., & city limits , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Bruce, Everett and Hayes

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture, Commerce, Industry, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, State, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Education, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Restaurant, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Education, Government, Government

Current Sub-function:

Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Restaurant, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Kirkwood School (added 2002 - - #02001045)

Also known as Kirkwood Elementary School

138 Kirkwood Rd. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Bruce, Everett and Hayes

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture, Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library, School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Klondike Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001001)

Klondike and S. Goddard Rds. , Klondike

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Post Office, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Oglethorpe University Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000779)

4484 Peachtree Rd. NE. , Atlanta

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morgan and Dillon, Leavitt, Charles W. Jr.

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Historic Person:

Jacobs, Dr. Thornwall

Significant Year:

1929, 1940, 1915

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

South Candler Street--Agnes Scott College Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000787)

Also known as Decatur Female Seminary (1889);Agnes Scott Institute (1890-1

Roughly bounded by E. College, S. McDonough, S. Candler, E. Hill and E. Davis Sts. , Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ansley, William, et al.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Stone Mountain Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001476)

Roughly bounded by Stone Mountain Cemetery, Stone Mountain Memorial Park, Lucie St. CSX RR, VFW Dr., and Stone Mtn City , Stone Mountain

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Barili and Humphreys, Wilson, J.A.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Black, Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery, Clubhouse, Museum, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery, City Hall, Clubhouse, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Stone Mountain Quarries Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000900)

Also known as Stone Mountain Memorial State Park, Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain Memorial State Park , Stone Mountain

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Weiblen, George, Hancock, Walter

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Extractive Facility, Natural Feature, Processing Site, Rail-Related, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Natural Feature, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

University Park--Emory Highlands--Emory Estates Historic District (added 1998 - - #97001638)

Roughly bounded by N. Decatur Rd., Durand Dr., Peavine Cr., and the Druid Hills Historic District , Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kauffman, O.F., Nash, J.T.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Winnona Park Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000565)

Roughly bounded by E. College Ave., Avery St., S. Columbia Dr., and Mimosa Dr. , Decatur

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilburn, Leila Ross

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store