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'''Oakland City''' is a [[Neighborhoods of Atlanta#Southwestern Atlanta|neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, Georgia]], just southwest across the [[BeltLine]] from [[West End (Atlanta)|West End]] and [[Adair Park]]. |
'''Oakland City''' is a historic [[Neighborhoods of Atlanta#Southwestern Atlanta|neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, Georgia]], just southwest across the [[BeltLine]] from [[West End (Atlanta)|West End]] and [[Adair Park]]. |
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Oakland City was incorporated as a city in 1894 and annexed to Atlanta in 1910.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ByTgAtilbi4C&pg=PA557 ''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s'', Franklin M. Garrett p.557-8]</ref> |
Oakland City was incorporated as a city in 1894 and annexed to Atlanta in 1910.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ByTgAtilbi4C&pg=PA557 ''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s'', Franklin M. Garrett p.557-8]</ref> |
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The neighborhood is served by the [[Oakland City station]]. |
The neighborhood is served by the [[Oakland City station]]. |
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Since 2000, the neighborhood has undergone great [[Gentrification of Atlanta|revitalization]]. Crime and property values have steadily improved.<ref>https://www.11alive.com/article/news/atlanta-is-rapidly-gentrifying-heres-where/85-2fee7faa-212d-4960-9c4e-5b4b95a7181f</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 03:43, 11 May 2024
Oakland City Historic District | |
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| Location | Atlanta, GA |
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| Coordinates | 33°43′31.45″N 84°25′35.24″W / 33.7254028°N 84.4264556°W |
| Area | 649 acres (263 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | American Four Square, Craftsman, English Vernacular Revival, Folk Victorian, Queen Anne, and Minimal Traditional Cottages |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000198[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 2003 |
Oakland City is a historic neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, Georgia, just southwest across the BeltLine from West End and Adair Park.
Oakland City was incorporated as a city in 1894 and annexed to Atlanta in 1910.[2]
Oakland City Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains wood and brick bungalows as well as Minimal Traditional, English Vernacular Revival, and Craftsman houses. The district included the Withers House, which was demolished in the first decade of the 2000s.
The neighborhood is served by the Oakland City station.
Since 2000, the neighborhood has undergone great revitalization. Crime and property values have steadily improved.[3]
External links
- Oakland City Community Organization (OCCO)
- Oakland City Historic District Regulations, retrieved 2011-01-15
- History of Oakland City, "A Revitalization Plan for Atlanta’s Oakland City Neighborhood", Southwest Atlanta Neighborhood Collaborative and West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, 2012
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s, Franklin M. Garrett p.557-8
- ^ https://www.11alive.com/article/news/atlanta-is-rapidly-gentrifying-heres-where/85-2fee7faa-212d-4960-9c4e-5b4b95a7181f
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