Oakland City, Atlanta

Oakland City is a neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, Georgia, just southwest across the BeltLine from West End and Adair Park.

For the MARTA train station, see Oakland City station.

Oakland City Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Atlanta, GA
Coordinates	33°43′31.45″N 84°25′35.24″W
Area	649 acres (263 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	American Four Square, Craftsman, English Vernacular Revival, Folk Victorian, Queen Anne, and Minimal Traditional Cottages
NRHP reference No.	03000198[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 2003

Oakland City was incorporated as a city in 1894 and annexed to Atlanta in 1910.[2]

Oakland City Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains wood and brick bungalows as well as Minimal Traditional, English Vernacular Revival, and Craftsman houses. The district included the Withers House, which was demolished in the first decade of the 2000s.

The neighborhood is served by the Oakland City MARTA station.

See also

• Oakland City (MARTA station)

External links

• Oakland City Community Organization (OCCO)
• Oakland City Historic District Regulations, retrieved 2011-01-15
• History of Oakland City, "A Revitalization Plan for Atlanta’s Oakland City Neighborhood", Southwest Atlanta Neighborhood Collaborative and West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, 2012

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s, Franklin M. Garrett p.557-8