Sweet Auburn

Sweet Auburn Historic District
Auburn Avenue, toward the Old Fourth Ward
Sweet Auburn is located in Atlanta
Sweet Auburn
Sweet Auburn is located in Georgia
Sweet Auburn
Sweet Auburn is located in the United States
Sweet Auburn
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°45′17″N 84°22′53″W / 33.75483°N 84.38131°W / 33.75483; -84.38131
Area19 acres (7.7 ha)
Built1865
Architectural styleLate 19th- & 20th-Century Revival
NRHP reference No.76000631
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1976[1]
Designated NHLDDecember 8, 1976[2]

The Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood along and surrounding Auburn Avenue, east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, referring to the "richest Negro street in the world," one of the largest concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States.

A National Historic Landmark District was designated in 1976, covering 19 acres (7.7 ha) of the neighborhood, significant for its history and development as a segregated area under the state's Jim Crow laws. Sweet Auburn was also added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Sweet Auburn Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2008.