Grant Park in Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Grant Park

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 11, 2008

1. Grant Park Marker

Inscription. Named for Col. Lemuel P. Grant (1817-1893), pioneer railroad builder and public-spirited citizen of Atlanta, who donated to the city 87.5 of this area for a park May 17, 1883. An additional 44 acres acquired by purchase from Col. Grant, increased it to 131.5 acres April 4, 1890.

Grant Park has the national distinction of being the location of one of the few extant cycloramas – the subject of which memorializes the major engagement fought by Confederate and Federal forces in the environs of the city – the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

Erected 1983 by Georgia Historic Marker. (Marker Number 060-107.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Places • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 4, 1916.

Location. 33° 44.165′ N, 84° 22.41′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in Grant Park. It is at the intersection of Cherokee Avenue and Grant Park Entrance, on the right when traveling north on Cherokee Avenue. This marker is located at the entrance to Grant Park from Cherokee Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atlanta GA 30319, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: Fort Walker (approx. 0.4 miles away); This Line of Breastworks (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Walker (approx. half a mile away); Roosevelt High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Bobby Jones Story (approx. ¾ mile away); Augusta National Golf Club (approx. ¾ mile away); Burial Ground of Congregation Ahavath Achim (approx. ¾ mile away); The Hanging of Andrews' Raiders (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 11, 2008

2. Grant Park Marker

View of Cyclorama image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 11, 2008

3. View of Cyclorama

Located in Grant Park next to Zoo Atlanta.

One of the Cannons at the Grant Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 11, 2008

4. One of the Cannons at the Grant Park Marker

Texas Locomotive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, November 7, 2008

5. Texas Locomotive

Located inside the Cyclorama. The Texas is famous for its reverse pursuit of the General in the Great Locomotive Chase.

<i>Scene in Grant Park, Showing Grant Monument, Atlanta, Ga.</i> image. Click for full size.

circa 1920

6. Scene in Grant Park, Showing Grant Monument, Atlanta, Ga.

<i>Rustic Arch, Waiting Gate, Grant Park, Atlanta, Ga.</i> image. Click for full size.

circa 1920

7. Rustic Arch, Waiting Gate, Grant Park, Atlanta, Ga.

<i>The Lake, Grant Park, Atlanta, Ga.</i> image. Click for full size.

circa 1910

8. The Lake, Grant Park, Atlanta, Ga.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2008, by Felch Dumas of Decatur, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,235 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 14, 2008, by Felch Dumas of Decatur, Georgia. 5. submitted on August 10, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 6, 7, 8. submitted on November 13, 2015. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.