Oglethorpe University Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

One of 56 National Register listings published here for DeKalb County · listed in 1994 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 2 sitess, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE., Atlanta, 30319
When was it listed? August 1994
Category. district
Census division. Chamblee-Doraville
National Register reference number. 94000779 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oglethorpe University Historic District between 1993 and 2016, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Arson/incendiarism	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 July 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 March 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 March 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 October 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FULTON NORTH-001
14 October 1993	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Longview-Huntley Hills Historic District	2.9 miles	2017
Dr. Luther C. and Lucy Hurt Fischer House	3.0 miles	2011
Northwoods Historic District	3.4 miles	2014
Donaldson-Bannister House and Cemetery	4.3 miles	2009
Decatur Waterworks	4.9 miles	2006
Cheek-Spruill House	5.1 miles	2000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000779 in Record Group 79.
DeKalb County	All 56 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.