Collier Heights

Collier Heights Historic District
Collier Heights is located in Metro Atlanta
Collier Heights
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°46′19″N 84°29′2″W / 33.77194°N 84.48389°W / 33.77194; -84.48389
Built1948
NRHP reference No.09000457[1]
Added to NRHPJune 23, 2009

Historic Collier Heights is a historically middle-class and predominately African-American populated area in the northwest corner of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bordered to the west by Fairburn Road, the east by Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, the north by Donald L. Hollowell Parkway, and to the south by Interstate 20 bridge at Linkwood Road.

Collier Heights is a 1,750-home enclave mostly made up of brick ranch houses built in the 1950s and 1960s. It is one of the first upscale communities in the nation built exclusively by African-American planners for the emerging Atlanta African-American middle-class.[2] and has been featured in several national publications such as Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as featured in the "Homefinder" section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since 2009, the community has been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[1] The community achieved local historic designation in June 2013.

  1. ^ a b Cloues, Richard (April 21, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Collier Heights Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved August 19, 2018. With 150 photos from June 2008
  2. ^ Cyriaque, Jeanne (December 2009). "The Collier Heights Historic District: Atlanta's Premier African American Suburb" (PDF). Reflections. Vol. IX, no. 1. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)