Bounded approximately by Hamilton E. Holmes Dr. on the E., Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy. on the N., US 285 on the W, US 20, Atlanta, Georgia. County/parish: Fulton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 23, 2009. NRIS 09000457.
1753 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.
Historic Collier Heights is a historically middle-class and predominately African-American populated area in western Atlanta. It is bordered to the west by Fairburn Road, the east by Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, the north by Donald L. Hollowell Parkway, and to the south by the Interstate 20 bridge at Linkwood Road.
Collier Heights is a 1,750-home enclave with mostly brick ranch houses built in the 1950s and 1960s. It is one of the first upscale communities in the nation built exclusively by African-American planners for the emerging Atlanta African-American middle-class. It has been featured in several publications like Ebony and Jet magazines. It was featured in the "Homefinder" section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since 2009, the area has been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The community achieved local historic designation in June 2013.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208138