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Druid Hills Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
House in Druid Hills Historic District, September 2016
Location	Both sides of Ponce de Leon Ave. between Briarcliff Rd. and the Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks (original)
Nearest city	Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°46′44″N 84°19′47″W / 33.77889°N 84.32972°W / 33.77889; -84.32972
Area	250 acres (100 ha) (original)
Built	1893
Architect	Frederick Law Olmsted, et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival (original) Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman (increase)
NRHP reference No.	75002070 (original) 79000715 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1975 (original)
Boundary increase	October 25, 1979 (increase, renamed)

Druid Hills Historic District is a historic district in Druid Hills and Atlanta in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Description

The district was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and later by his sons, the Olmsted Brothers. Druid Hills was Atlanta's second major suburb, after Inman Park, and as one of Olmsted's major works, had a significant influence on future suburban development.

Olmsted's 1893 plan for developer Joel Hurt's Kirkwood Land Company was organized around Ponce de Leon Avenue, a broad parkway on either side of a series of parks. Work did not begin until 1905, and in 1908 the development company was sold to Asa Candler, president of the Coca Cola Company and future mayor of Atlanta, who built a mansion at 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue. Completed in 1936, the development features large mansions on either side of the central parkway overlooking the parks, designed by such architects as Henry Hornbostel, Neel Reid, Walter T. Downing and Arthur Neal Robinson.

The Druid Hills Historic District was listed on the NRHP April 11, 1979. It incorporates the earlier Druid Hills Parks and Parkways Historic District that was listed on the National Register October 25, 1975.

The Druid Hills Parks and Parkways district included Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in buildings along both sides of Ponce de Leon Avenue between Briarcliff Road and the Seaboard Coast Line RR tracks. This was a 250-acre (100 ha) area that included a total of eight contributing buildings and one other contributing structure. The 1979 expanded listing included an area of 1,300 acres (530 ha) including Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, and Bungalow/Craftsman architecture.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fulton County, Georgia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in DeKalb County, Georgia

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ "Druid Hills Historic District". Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
3. "Candler Mansion". St. John's Chrysostom Melkite Church. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2009. Before all of this present and holy utilization of this place, this mansion was formerly the home of Asa Candler

External links

• Druid Hills Historic District at Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
• Emory Village historic preservation incl. history of Emory Village

v t e Historic districts in metro Atlanta
Clayton County	Jonesboro
Cobb County	Acworth Acworth Collins Ave. Clarkdale Clarkdale Kennesaw Cherokee St. North Main St. Summers St. Marietta Church St.–Cherokee St. North Marietta Washington Ave. Whitlock Ave.
Coweta County	Newnan Cole Town Greenville St.–LaGrange St. Newnan Commercial Newnan Cotton Mill and Mill Village Northwest Newnan Residential Platinum Point Other Grantville Roscoe–Dunaway Gardens Sargent Senoia
DeKalb County	Atlanta Candler Park Druid Hills (Atlanta) Inman Park–Moreland Kirkwood Avondale Estates Brookhaven Oglethorpe University Decatur Clairemont MAK (McDonough, Adams, King) Ponce de Leon Court South Candler Street–Agnes Scott College Winnona Park Druid Hills Emory Grove Emory University District University Park–Emory Highlands–Emory Estate Stone Mountain
Douglas County	Douglasville
Fulton County	Atlanta Adair Park Ansley Park Atkins Park Atlanta University Center Berkeley Park Brookhaven Brookwood Hills Cabbagetown Castleberry Hill Collier Heights Fairlie–Poplar Fox Theatre Historic District Garden Hills Georgia Tech Grant Park Hotel Row Howell Interlocking Knight Park–Howell Station Inman Park Inman Park–Moreland King Plow/Railroad Historic District (proposed) Knox Apts., Cauthorn House and Peachtree Rd. Apts. Lakewood Heights Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Means St. Midtown Mozley Park Oakland City Peachtree Highlands–Peachtree Park Pittsburgh Reynoldstown Southern Ry. North Ave. Yards Sunset Ave. (proposed) Sweet Auburn Techwood Homes Underground Atlanta Virginia-Highland Washington Park West End · Whittier Mills Other College Park East Point Industrial District Fairburn Hapeville Roswell
Gwinnett County	Norcross
Hall County	Gainesville Brenau University Chicopee Mill and Village Gainesville Commercial Green Street Green St.–Brenau Other Clermont Flowery Branch Gillsville Lula
Newton County	Covington Covington Covington Mills and Mill Village Floyd Street Other Newborn North Covington Oxford Porterdale Starrsville
Rockdale County	Conyers Commercial Residential

• Historic districts in Atlanta
• Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Bungalow architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Colonial Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Tudor Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States
• Geography of DeKalb County, Georgia
• Druid Hills, Georgia
• Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
• National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta
• 1975 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)