Collier Heights Historic District | |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°46′19″N 84°29′2″W / 33.77194°N 84.48389°W |
| Built | 1948 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000457[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 23, 2009 |
Historic Collier Heights is a historically middle-class and predominately African-American populated area in western Atlanta. 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 the Interstate 20 bridge at Linkwood Road.
Collier Heights is a 1,750-home enclave with mostly 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] It has been featured in several publications like Ebony and Jet magazines. It was featured in the "Homefinder" section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since 2009, the area has been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[1] The community achieved local historic designation in June 2013.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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