On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW at Mathewson Place SW, on the right when traveling west on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW. Reported missing.
The name "Battle Hill" is associated with the area because of an engagement fought here on July 28, 1864. This was the 3d attempt of the Confederate forces under General John B. Hood to repel the 3 Federal armies, commanded by General Sherman, . . . — — Map (db m51402) HM
On M.L.K. Jr Drive SW east of Wellington Street SW, on the left when traveling east.
The Battle of Ezra Church
The Battle of Ezra Church was the third of three desperate Confederate
attacks on the forces of Maj. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, which were closing in
on Atlanta. The battle lines formed an irregular V extending . . . — — Map (db m143026) HM
Near MLK Jr Drive SW east of Wellington Street SW, on the left when traveling east.
On July 27th, Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee assumed command of Hood´s former corps. Both he and Stewart directed to hold their respective corps "in readiness" and to report at Hood´s headquarters. After explaining his plan to attack Sherman´s . . . — — Map (db m143029) HM
Near M.L.K. Jr Drive SW east of Wellington Street SW, on the left when traveling east.
While the 15th Corps was feeling its way south through the densely wooded
country behind Blair's right, increasing resistance by Confederate cavalry
skirmishers (dismounted), and occasional artillery fire, warned Howard of
impending battle. He . . . — — Map (db m143028) HM
On Chappell Road at Rome Drive, on the right when traveling south on Chappell Road. Reported missing.
Howard’s Army of the Tenn. 3 corps), which had fought E. of Atlanta July 22, were shifted to this area West of the city, July 27, 28, 1864. Dodge’s 16th and Blair’s 17th A.C. were aligned along Chapel Rd. which, in 1864, led S.W. directly to Ezra . . . — — Map (db m232824) HM
On Waverly Way, 0.1 miles north of Edgewood Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
July 22, 1864. Baker's Alabama brigade (Col. J.H. Higley comdg.), Clayton's div., Cheatham's A.C., [CSA} was diverted N.E. in Clayton's attack on the 15th A.C. eastward, thus forming the extreme left of the line extending S. to Glenwood Ave. . . . — — Map (db m10105) HM
On Waverly Way at Edgewood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Waverly Way.
On July 22, 1864,
Brig. Gen. A. M. Manigault’s Brigade, Hindman’s Div., Cheatham’s Corps, advancing
eastward from the Atlanta fortifications against the Federal 15th Corps posted at DeGress Ave., halted in this ravine to reform their line, . . . — — Map (db m36102) HM
On Delta Place at Edgewood Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Delta Place.
July 22, 1864: 3:30 P.M. Gen Hood (CS) launched an attack from the east line of the city fortifications, on the 15th A.C. astride the Ga. R.R. (at DeGress Ave.) - a mass assault by two divs. of Cheatham’s A.C.: Brown’s & Clayton’s.
Brown’s brigades . . . — — Map (db m10260) HM
On Dekalb Avenue at Moreland Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Dekalb Avenue.
July 22, 1864. When 15th A.C. troops moved W. from line (at Candler St.) to the vacated Confederate line at the Troup Hurt house (at DeGress Ave.), a signal station was established by Lt. Samuel Edge in a tall pine near this site commanding a view . . . — — Map (db m9511) HM
On DeKalb Avenue at DeGress Avenue, on the right when traveling west on DeKalb Avenue.
July 22, 1864. Manigault’s brigade, Brown’s div., Cheatham’s A. C. (CS) attacked this sector where Martin’s & Lightburn’s brigades were posted astride the Decatur rd. & the Ga. R.R. cut.
Manigault’s troops broke the Federal line at the cut, thereby . . . — — Map (db m221976) HM
On Waverly Way at Edgewood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Waverly Way.
July 22, 1864. Brig. Gen. John C. Brown’s div. of Chatham’s A.C. [CS] moved astride the Georgia R.R., E. from the Atlanta fortifications to attack the Federals at the Troup Hurt house. Manigault's brigade, followed by Sharp’s, were north of the . . . — — Map (db m35613) HM
On DeGress Avenue at DeKalb Avenue, on the left when traveling north on DeGress Avenue.
July 22, 1864. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capth. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L.Smith’s div., Logan’s 15th A.C. Shells from these guns are said to have been the first to fall in Atlanta.
Late afternoon, . . . — — Map (db m9512) HM
On Degress Avenue NE, 0.1 miles north of Dekalb Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north.
The Plantation house of Geo. M.T. Hurt, begun the Summer of 1862, never completed & never occupied as a residence, stood on the site of the stone church. It faced the Decatur Rd. July 18, 1864. A sector of the outer line of Atlanta's defense works . . . — — Map (db m8885) HM
On West Marietta Street, 0.1 miles west of Joseph E. Lowry Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
Near here the command and tactics of the Confederate Army were changed July 18th 1864.
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (US) had been trying for months to force Gen. Joseph E. Johnston (CS) to abandon delaying tactics and face overwhelming odds in . . . — — Map (db m55624) HM
On Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (U.S. 278) at Chappell Road, on the right when traveling west on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.
The hill N. of the Chapel Rd. intersection was thus named after occupation & intrenching by Gen. J.C. Davis’ 2d Div., 14th A.C., July 22, when the Army of the Cumberland [US] moved up from Peachtree Cr. to the siege line facing the N. sector of . . . — — Map (db m45767) HM
On West Marietta Street, 0.1 miles west of Joseph E. Lowry Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
Where on July 18, 1864, the transfer of the command of the Army of Tennessee was made to General John B. Hood.
Atlanta Chapter
Restored by Atlanta Paper Co. 1955
Restored by Mead Containerboard 1996 — — Map (db m55625) HM
On Helena Road SE west of Jonesboro Road SE (Georgia Route 54), on the left when traveling east.
South-View Cemetery was founded in 1886 by formerly enslaved African Americans who objected to the conditions and the treatment they received at Atlanta's segregated burial grounds. South-View's landscape reflects the influence of 19th century . . . — — Map (db m186568) HM
On LaVista Road (Georgia Route 236) 0.1 miles Cheshire Bridge Road, on the right when traveling west.
July 19, 1864. The march of Stanley’s div. (4th AC.) on the Old Cheshire Bridge Rd from Buckhead was delayed by the burning bridge at N. Fork, Peachtree Cr. Opposition by Confederate cavalry had marked the progress of the 4th AC. from the . . . — — Map (db m22224) HM
On Marietta Street NW at Northside Drive NW (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling south on Marietta Street NW.
Gen. Hood, in person, with Stewart’s A.C. & the Georgia Militia abandoned the city, Sept. 1, as a result of Hardee’s defeat at Jonesboro August 31, & marched S. to Lovejoy’s Station. Federal forces at Chattahoochee River crossings since Aug. 25, . . . — — Map (db m31447) HM
Former slave, Principal of Tuskegee Institute and author of Up From Slavery, Washington delivered the Atlanta Exposition Address on September 18, 1895 at this site, the former auditorium of the Cotton States and International Exposition. . . . — — Map (db m73369) HM
On Peachtree Place Northwest at Spring Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Peachtree Place Northwest. Reported missing.
During the Civil War, Midtown Atlanta was mostly
undeveloped wilderness. As a defensive move
prior to the Battles for Atlanta in 1864, the area
was cleared of trees and turned into a field of
trenches, rifle pits, felled timbers, and . . . — — Map (db m227633) HM
Was held for 100 days from Sept. 18, to Dec. 31, 1895 in Piedmont Park. This event was held at a time when the regions population was only 75,000 and economically depressed. The people of Atlanta raised two million dollars to finance a public . . . — — Map (db m17292) HM
On Trabert Avenue, 0.1 miles east of Northside Drive (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling east.
July 20, 1864. The high hill, within the forks of Tanyard Branch, was occupied by troops of Maj. Gen. W.W. Loring’s div. of Stewart’s A.C. [CS].
From this hill & a sector W. of it, Scott’s & Featherston's brigades, of Loring’s division, . . . — — Map (db m29289) HM
On Piedmont Avenue, 0.1 miles north of 14th Street, on the right when traveling south.
This is the home of the Atlanta Chapter, D.A.R., organized April 15, 1891; oldest Chapter in Georgia; second oldest in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Henry Jackson was first Regent.
Meetings were held in private . . . — — Map (db m30516) HM
On West Peachtree Street just north of 7th Street NE, on the right when traveling north.
Thirteen Atlanta physicians organized the Brotherhood of Physicians in 1854. After many location and name changes, the Brotherhood evolved in to the Fulton County Medical Society, which dedicated the Academy of Medicine as its headquarters here on . . . — — Map (db m9849) HM
On Peachtree Street Northeast south of 14th Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
The Atlanta Woman's Club, organized Nov. 11, 1895, was inspired by a council meeting in Atlanta of the General Federation of Women's Clubs during the Cotton States and International Exposition. Mrs. Rebecca Douglas Lowe was founder and first . . . — — Map (db m197659) HM
On Peachtree Place NE, 0 miles west of Crescent Avenue NE, on the right when traveling east.
This site was known as the Cotting Estate in the mid 1800’s. David Cotting, teacher, editor and lawyer, served as Secretary of State from 1868-1873. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention. Frances Cotting lived here after her . . . — — Map (db m109190) HM
On 5th Street Northwest west of Spring Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
The vision that would ultimately take shape as
Tech Square began in 1996, when Atlanta hosted
the Centennial Olympic Games. The Georgia Tech
campus served as the Olympic Village, and the
Fifth Street Bridge temporarily became the main
entrance . . . — — Map (db m227634) HM
On Juniper Street at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south on Juniper Street.
James J. Andrews, leader of the Andrews Raiders, was executed a few feet southeast on June 7, 1862. Andrews a native of Hancock County, now West Virginia, was a civilian spy for the Union Army who led 20 Union soldiers and another civilian to Big . . . — — Map (db m30504) HM
On West Peachtree Street NE near Inwood Circle NE, on the right when traveling north.
The area E. (L. L. 104, 17th Dist.), long known as Collier’s Woods, was part of the ante-bellum plantation of George W. Collier (1813-1903). Clear Creek P.O. (1831-1839), probably in this land lot, was named for the stream flowing across it; old . . . — — Map (db m16545) HM
On Peachtree Street (U.S. 19) 0 miles north of 17th Street NE, on the right when traveling north.
Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949) spent her girlhood and young ladyhood in the home of her father, which stood here. Her family had lived in Atlanta since the city’s earliest days. She was born and lived in Atlanta all her life. . . . — — Map (db m40258) HM
On Peachtree Street (U.S. 19) 0 miles south of 10th Street NW, on the left when traveling north.
Completed in 1899 by Cornelius J. Sheehan, the Margaret Mitchell House was originally a single-family, Tudor Revival residence. In 1913, the house was relocated to the rear of the property and converted into a ten-unit apartment building, known as . . . — — Map (db m40262) HM
On Peachtree Road Northwest at Spring Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Peachtree Road Northwest.
At this point on July 18, 1864, the outer line of the Atlanta defense was constructed. On July 20, 1864, troops of Lieut. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee's corps advanced northward from this line to attack troops of Brig. Gen. John Newton's division of the . . . — — Map (db m197654) HM
Near Ponce de Leon Avenue NE (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling east.
Here on these grounds at Ponce de Leon Ball Park, The Atlanta Crackers and the Atlanta Black Crackers began a tradition of baseball championship and athletic excellence which set the high standard for the baseball we enjoy in Atlanta . . . — — Map (db m47795) HM
On Peachtree Street at N. Rhodes Center, NW, on the right when traveling south on Peachtree Street.
Atlanta philanthropist and businessman Amos Giles Rhodes built Le Reve (The Dream) on his 114-acre estate in 1904. Designed by Atlanta architect Willis F. Denny II, the house is constructed of Stone Mountain granite and is distinguished by its early . . . — — Map (db m16350) HM
On 8th Street, 0.1 miles Argonne Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
55yds. S.E. an intrenched line of field works crossed this block extending S.W. to 7th St., where it turned N.W. to Juniper at 11th St.
This was a sector of the Federal siege line occupied by troops of Brig. Gen. T.J. Wood’s 3d div of Howard’s . . . — — Map (db m10413) HM
On 5th Street Northwest at Spring Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on 5th Street Northwest.
The Atlanta Biltmore Hotel was built by William Candler, heir to
the Asa Candler Coca-Cola fortune, who spent an estimated $6
million on its construction. The massive luxury hotel was designed
to represent the “New South”, and provide guests with . . . — — Map (db m227637) HM
On West Peachtree Street NW at 5th Street NW, on the right when traveling north on West Peachtree Street NW.
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Originally built as the
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel
in 1924 — — Map (db m187207) HM
On 15th Street Northeast west of Peachtree Street Northeast, on the left when traveling west.
Fort Peace, known to Atlantans as “The Castle” because of its granite pediment, was completed around 1910 by Ferdinand McMillan, a Civil War veteran and inventor.
Featuring numerous unusual elements of his design, including the Uncle Remus . . . — — Map (db m197658) HM
On Peachtree Road NE at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Peachtree Road NE.
The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer was founded in 1903 as the first English-speaking congregation in Atlanta. The church’s first building was erected in 1905 near the state capitol. The church moved in 1937 to Peachtree and Fourth Streets where in . . . — — Map (db m23043) HM
On Peachtree Street at Ponce de Leon Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Peachtree Street.
Built by Atlanta native, Joseph Gatins and designed by New York Architect, W. L. Stoddard, the Terrace opened October 2, 1911. Over the years most of Atlanta’s famous visitors have chosen the Georgian Terrace Hotel as their temporary home on . . . — — Map (db m47425) HM
On Peachtree Road NW north of Spring Street NW (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling north.
The Temple, originally founded as the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in
1867, was Atlanta's first official Jewish institution. It grew out of the
Hebrew Benevolent Society, organized in 1860 to help Atlanta's Jewish
poor. In 1875, the . . . — — Map (db m185918) HM
On Moore's Mill Road at Bolton Road, on the right when traveling south on Moore's Mill Road. Reported missing.
James McC. Montgomery (1770-1842), of Jackson Co., Ga., War of 1812 veteran, settled in this vicinity about 1821. He resided in a 2-story house just S. of where Moore’s Mill Rd. joins.
Owning land, both sides of the river, he had a private . . . — — Map (db m50528) HM
On North Highland Avenue at Zimmer Drive, on the left when traveling south on North Highland Avenue. Reported missing.
At this point, Atlanta’s outer defense line, beginning at Casey’s Hill 5.75 W., turned S. & parallel to Highland Ave., ran to the Ga. R.R. This angle was occupied July 18, 1864, by Stevenson’s div. Cheatham A.C. (CS) (Hood’s old command).
July 19, . . . — — Map (db m9545) HM
On Lenox Road NE at Johnson Road NE, on the left when traveling south on Lenox Road NE.
A point in the intrenched line of the Federal 4th A.C., July 20-22, 1864. Stanley’s & Wood’s divs. marched to this sector from Buckhead via Old Cheshire Bridge Rd., LaVista, Williams Mill & Johnson Rds., crossing S. Fork of Peachtree Creek at . . . — — Map (db m22296) HM
On Dutch Valley Road at Monroe Drive NE, on the right when traveling east on Dutch Valley Road.
A point in the intrenched line held by Gen. Carter L. Stevenson’s div. of the Cheatham’s (formerly Hood’s) A.C. [CS] -- a sector of Atlanta’s outer defense line. July 18-22, 1864. Stevenson’s troops were on the right of Bate’s div. (Hardee’s A.C.), . . . — — Map (db m22286) HM
On Piedmont Road NE (Georgia Route 237) at East Pelham Road NE, on the right when traveling north on Piedmont Road NE.
On adjacent hill was the right or western end of the intrenched line held by Gen. T.J. Wood’s div. of the Federal 4th A.C., July 20-22, 1864. The line extended E. 1.5 mi. to intersection of Rock Spring & Cumberland Roads.
This was a part of . . . — — Map (db m28923) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Gordon Terrace, on the right when traveling east on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
July 28, 1864. Gen. A.P. Stewart, with Walthall’s and Long’s divisions of his A.C. [CS], reached the field in time to renew the attack. Walthall, on left, fared no better than Brown, in the same area.
Stewart, riding forward to this hill, . . . — — Map (db m50868) HM
Near M.L.K. Jr Drive SW east of Wellington Street SW, on the left when traveling east.
After General John Bell Hood took command of the the army defending Atlanta he directed three Confederate failed attacks against Union Major General William T. Sherman's armies. On July 28, 1864, Union Major General Oliver O. Howard's "Army of the . . . — — Map (db m142514) HM
On Wellington Street, SW at Elixir Avenue SW, on the right when traveling south on Wellington Street, SW.
July 28, 1864. Dep1oyed a1ong the old Greensferry Rd. (West View Dr.) were Gibson’s, Holtzclaw’s and Baker’s brigades (Alabama and Louisiana troops), Clayton’s div., forming the right flank of Gen. S. D. Lee’s A. C. [CS] in the Battle Of Ezra . . . — — Map (db m53691) HM
On Laurel Avenue SW at Archer Street SW, on the right when traveling north on Laurel Avenue SW.
July 28, 1864. Deployed along the old Greensferry Rd. (West View Dr.) were Gibson’s, Holtzclaw’s & Baker’s brigades (Alabama & Louisiana troops), Clayton’s div., forming the right flank of Gen. S. D. Lee’s A. C. [CS] in the Battle Of Ezra Church. . . . — — Map (db m192389) HM
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW at Mathewson Place SW, on the right when traveling west on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW. Reported missing.
Here stood the little frame edifice known as Ezra Church (Methodist), on a half-acre plot deeded by James & Nancy Coursey to the trustees Oct. 31, 1853. As a landmark, its name was given to the battle fought here July 28, 1864.
Col. Hugo . . . — — Map (db m51399) HM
On Laurel Avenue SW at Archer Street SW, on the left when traveling south on Laurel Avenue SW. Reported missing.
July 28, 1864. The N.E. cor. of Laurel & Archer was the location of a salient angle in the line of Logan’s 15th Corps troops [US] in the Battle of Ezra Church. N.W. from the angle, Harrow’s & M. L. Smith’s divs. extended to Anderson Ave.; Wood’s . . . — — Map (db m53693) HM
On Moreland Avenue at Interstate 20, on the right when traveling south on Moreland Avenue.
July 20, 1864. Wheeler’s thin gray line of dismounted cavalry (CS) was the rt. Flank of Atlanta’s defenders. Forced W. from Clay St. in the afternoon by Blair’s 17th A.C., (US) Wheeler’s line ran S. from the Ga. R.R. to this hill.
July 21. Before . . . — — Map (db m9516) HM
Auburn Avenue was like a parade ground. Families and friends were constantly visiting back and forth. In the evenings, couples--such as Frank and Eula Kirk, who lived here for 40 years--relaxed in rocking chairs and wicker swings as they chatted . . . — — Map (db m73180) HM
This apartment building represents the ups and downs of the Auburn Avenue neighborhood. As property owners started to move away in the 1950s, numerous dwellings gradually fell into disrepair. Since 1982 the National Park Service and various civic . . . — — Map (db m73421) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE at Hogue Street NE, on the right when traveling east on Auburn Avenue NE.
Built 1895. Purchased 1909 by Dr. King's maternal grandfather, Dr. A. D. Williams. Birthplace of Dr. King 1929. Acquired with assistance of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1974. Designated as part of the National Historic Site 1980. Dedicated as part of . . . — — Map (db m73422) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE at Howell Street NE, on the right when traveling east on Auburn Avenue NE.
After working all day, blacks crowded into five rooms over a grocery store here to take courses at Sylvia Bryant's adult night school. Bryant Preparatory Institute had four teachers and a full enrollment of 175 students when it opened in 1910. . . . — — Map (db m186432) HM
This was the home of the Rev. Peter James Bryant and, later Antoine Graves. Here Bryant wrote sermons he delivered as pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church. He also worked as associate editor of The Voice of the Negro, a national literary . . . — — Map (db m73179) HM
Near Boulevard NE at Auburn Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north.
As a boy Martin Luther King, Jr., played basketball behind Fire Station No. 6 and watched the white crews go out on calls. He and his friends knew that they could not dream of becoming firefighters because of the city’s segregation laws. Finally, . . . — — Map (db m85815) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE at Howell Street NE, on the right when traveling east on Auburn Avenue NE.
Charles Lincoln Harper, who lived here from 1891 to 1945, worked tirelessly as an educator and civic leader to overturn Atlanta's segregationist policies. As principal of Booker T. Washington High School, which Martin Luther King, Jr., attended, . . . — — Map (db m186433) HM
On Boulevard NE at Auburn Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north on Boulevard NE. Reported missing.
Fire Station No. 6 was one of seven fire stations built in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1890s to serve the city's bustling growth of suburban neighborhoods. One of the early means of transportation for the firemen was the horse-drawn hose wagon. . . . — — Map (db m85814) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE east of Boulevard NE, on the right when traveling east.
Note the stained-glass window on the first floor, the decorative shingles and woodwork on the end of the gable, and the irregularly shaped roof. Look for these and other Queen Anne architectural features — ornamental moldings and spindles — on many . . . — — Map (db m186429) HM
Aromas of newly mown grass and fresh paint drifted along Auburn Avenue as residents trimmed their lawns and hedges and painted their houses and fences. The neighborhood buzzed with activity as other residents tended their flower gardens, shrubs, . . . — — Map (db m73178) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE at Howell Street NE (south leg), on the right when traveling east on Auburn Avenue NE.
The houses in front of you symbolize two eras of change in the Sweet Auburn community. Built in the 1890s, these houses were at first homes to both white and black working-class tenants.
But by 1910, this block, like most of Auburn Avenue, was . . . — — Map (db m186434) HM
On Auburn Avenue Northeast at Howell Street Northeast, on the right when traveling west on Auburn Avenue Northeast.
The Nowell family purchased this home in 1936
and took in boarders, or short-term renters, for
over 70 years. The King family at 501 Auburn
Avenue also welcomed boarders to earn extra
income and support their community.
Boarding houses like . . . — — Map (db m227434) HM
On Boulevard NE north of Edgewood Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north.
Our Lady of Lourdes was established in November 1912 by Father Ignatius Lissner as the first African-American Catholic church in Atlanta. Father Lissner received funding for the church and parish school from Mother Katharine Drexel, a Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m185913) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE east of Boulevard NE, on the left when traveling east.
These duplexes are typical of the houses where Atlanta's blue-collar laborers lived in the early 1900s. The Empire Textile Co. built them for its white mill workers, but they moved out after the 1906 Atlanta race riot, and blacks began renting . . . — — Map (db m64774) HM
With its fish-scale gable shingles, ornate porch brackets, and diamond-shaped and octagonal windows, this Queen Anne Victorian house symbolizes financial success. White Atlantans who had become successful in business or the professions built and . . . — — Map (db m73177) HM
On Auburn Avenue NE east of Bouvelard NE, on the left when traveling east.
For his first 12 years Martin Luther King, Jr., lived in the comfortable middle-class home across from you. Two cultural values distinguished the King household: a strong sense of family and the ever-presence of religion. Bad behavior often met . . . — — Map (db m64772) HM
Young Martin Luther King. Jr.'s, childhood here was entirely normal. He did his chores and received his allowance. Neighbors often saw him bouncing a ball off the side of the house or riding his bike along the street. He fought with his brother (he . . . — — Map (db m73182) HM
On Glen Iris Drive Northeast, 0.1 miles south of Ponce de Leon Avenue Northeast (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south.
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Troy-Peerless Laundry
1929 — — Map (db m149574) HM
On Alloway Place, 0 miles north of Confederate Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Here in 1910, was erected by the Burns Club of Atlanta, Georgia, a building unique in the world—the only exact replica of the Burns cottage near Kirk Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, birthplace of the world’s most beloved poet, and “poet . . . — — Map (db m45916) HM
On the Atlanta Waterworks pumping station access road, 0.3 miles west of Ridgewood Road NW, on the right when traveling west.
With Creek Indians as British allies & Cherokees loyal to U.S., in War of 1812, it was expedient to locate a fort at Standing Peach Tree on the Chattahoochee - the boundary line. Lt. Geo. Gilmer (later, twice Gov. of Georgia) was sent here (1814) . . . — — Map (db m22091) HM
On Ridgeview Road at Ridgeview Circle, on the right when traveling north on Ridgeview Road.
One of a line of forts hastily constructed during the War of 1812 to control the Creek Indians who were in alliance with the British, of the Chattahoochee River and Peachtree Creek, and overlooked the Creek trading-post town of Standing Peachtree. . . . — — Map (db m9688) HM
On the Atlanta Waterworks pumping station access road, 0.3 miles west of Ridgewood Road NW, on the right when traveling west.
James McC. Montgomery acquired 1000 acres in this vicinity about 1821. Owning land on both sides of the river, he had a private ferry until granted a State franchise, Dec. 25, 1837, signed by his friend, Gov. Geo. Gilmer. It was located where the . . . — — Map (db m22092) HM
On Northgate Drive, 0 miles north of West Paces Ferry Road, in the median.
This is the original trace of the Pace’s Ferry Road which ran from Decatur, via Buckhead, to Pace’s Ferry on the Chattahoochee River, about 50 feet upstream from the present bridge. While the date of its establishment is unknown, on May 5, 1834, . . . — — Map (db m10855) HM
On Paces Ferry Road at Mount Paran Road, on the right when traveling east on Paces Ferry Road.
On 29 September 1877 William Brown donated one acre of land at the intersection of Paces Ferry and Mount Paran Roads for the purpose of establishing and building a church. Pleasant Hill Methodist Church was first served by circuit rider ministers, . . . — — Map (db m41951) HM
On West Paces Ferry Road at River Forest Road, on the right when traveling east on West Paces Ferry Road.
July 17. 1864. Wood’s 4th A.C. div. moved S. to this point from Power’s Fy. (3 mi. N.) to cover the crossing of Palmer’s 14th A.C. Hooker’s 20th, followed the 14th on the 2 pontoon bridges at the site of old Pace’s Ferry, a short distance above the . . . — — Map (db m21495) HM
On the Atlanta Waterworks pumping station access road, 0.3 miles west of Ridgewood Road NW, on the right when traveling west.
A Creek Indian village on both sides of the river at mouth of Peachtree Cr. Whether it was named for a "pitch tree" or a peach tree, it occurs, officially, as Standing Peach Tree in Gov. John Martin's letter of May 27, 1782, to Gen. Andrew Pickens . . . — — Map (db m22090) HM
On Lovett Schools Entrance, 0.2 miles east of Northgate Drive, on the right when traveling east.
In August 1864, after four weeks of siege operations, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman withdrew his forces to move them secretly around Atlanta on a wide circuit beyond East Point and destroy the railroad at Jonesboro. He had found Atlanta's fortifications . . . — — Map (db m10857) HM
On Courtland Street NE at John Portman Boulevard NE, on the right when traveling south on Courtland Street NE.
The Sisters of Mercy founded Atlanta's first hospital on this site in 1880.
Saint Joseph's Hospital occupied this location until 1978, when it moved to 5665 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road. — — Map (db m106785) HM
On Courtland Street NE at John Wesley Dobbs Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north on Courtland Street NE.
American Missionary Association (A.M.A.) teachers and clergy came to the post-Civil War South to help educate freed slaves. In 1866, missionaries established the Storrs School, located on Houston Street near Piedmont Avenue, to provide social, . . . — — Map (db m186404) HM
On Peachtree Street at John Wesley Dobbs Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north on Peachtree Street.
Owen R. Cheatham founded the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company in Augusta, GA, in 1927. By 1938, the company operated five lumberyards in the South. To broaden its product line, the company purchased its first Pacific Coast facility — a plywood plant . . . — — Map (db m187166) HM
On Courtland Street Northeast at John Wesley Dobbs Avenue Northeast, on the left when traveling south on Courtland Street Northeast.
Lynching in America Racial terror lynching between 1865 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. During this era, lynching emerged as the most notorious form . . . — — Map (db m227435) HM
On Waterbury Drive, 0.1 miles west of Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
July 28, 1864. The 4 brigades of Brown’s Div., S. D. Lee’s A. C. [CS], deployed in this area, made the initial assaults on the Federal right flank posted on the ridge just N. E. Their combined attacks struck Lightburn's & Martin’s brigades of Morgan . . . — — Map (db m36095) HM
On Anderson Avenue at Entrance to MARTA West Lake Station Parking Lot, on the right when traveling north on Anderson Avenue.
July 28, 1864. This marks the extreme right of Howard’s Army of the Tennessee during the Battle of Ezra Church. Lightburn’s brigade of M. L. Smith’s div., Logan’s A. C., occupied the immediate sector. From here the line ran S. E. to a salient angle . . . — — Map (db m53579) HM
On Cleveland Avenue SW at Interstate 75, on the right when traveling west on Cleveland Avenue SW.
This monument marks the site of the Gilbert Cemetery, originally a one-acre plot set aside by Jerimiah S. Gilbert for burials. He acquired the land in 1861 from his father. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries use of these grounds . . . — — Map (db m186569) HM
Federal Forces conducting siege operations on North & West fronts of Atlanta's fortified lines were, at intervals, moved S. toward East Point, in attempts to seize the 2 railroads that entered the city from the Southwest. Palmers XIV A.C. marched . . . — — Map (db m71607) HM
On Piedmont Circle NW, 0 miles west of Piedmont Road NE (Georgia Route 237), on the right when traveling west.
First the Cherokee Indians were here. Then the White settlers were here. Among the first of these was Edwin Plaster who built his home near here. He grew cotton on this plot of land, and built the first permanent bridge across Peachtree Creek. He . . . — — Map (db m14413) HM
On Roy Street Southwest east of Windsor Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, thousands of Black people were victims of lynching across the United States. Following the Civil War, many white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for African Americans and sought to uphold an . . . — — Map (db m227409) HM
Near East Freedom Parkway at Carter Center Entrance.
200 yds. N.E. stood the plantation residence of Augustus F. Hurt (1830-1921), built 1858 and razed by Federal forces, 1864; erroneously cited in Official Records as the Howard house.
July 22, 1864. 4th & 23d A.C. troops, in line with Federal . . . — — Map (db m10276) HM
Near East Freedom Parkway at Carter Center Entrance.
The outer Confederate defense line of Atlanta, located on E. slope of this hill, July 18, was evacuated the night of the 21st, 1864. July 22. The Federal 23d A.C., under Schofield, marching from the N.E. via Williams Mill Rd. intrenched a line W. . . . — — Map (db m10275) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
National
NuGrape Company
1937 — — Map (db m149587) HM
Left Panel For hundreds of years, a child leading a blind elder has been the fate of families stricken with river blindness (onchocerciasis)in Africa and Latin America. Now the demise of this ancient scourge is in sight, thanks to a drug . . . — — Map (db m73172) HM
On Linwood Avenue at Ralph McGill Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Linwood Avenue.
N.E. of this point (near Highland School) was the intrenched line held by Federal forces in the siege of Atlanta, July 22-Aug. 25, 1864.
This was the extreme left of Howard’s 4th A.C.; its right flank rested at Tanyard Branch in Land Lot 107, . . . — — Map (db m35573) HM
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