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One of 258 National Register listings published here for Fulton County · listed in 1996 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
College Park Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Vesta Ave., Yale Ave., Madison St., Harris St., and Washington Rd., College Park, 30337
- When was it listed? November 1996
- Category. district
- Census division. College Park
- National Register reference number. 96001338 - 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
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of College Park Historic District between 1992 and 2016, burning about 128 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001 |
| 4 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of College Park Historic District: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Hill Div. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Red Oak Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names College Park, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2011: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $8,000,000 | The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, along with public, numerous ham radio reports, and county 911 reports indicated that widespread and substantial damage was done by a thunderstorm with winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph. Hundreds of trees littered the roads and knocked down power lines across southern Fulton county, from just south of the Atlanta International Airport to the Fayette county line. Highway 279 was blocked for several hours with debris. Dozens of homes sustained roof and some structural damage as large trees, mostly pines, fell on them and two windows were damaged at one home in College Park. Six to eight vehicles were damaged along Old National Highway when large trees fell on them. Furthermore, a large 10 ft by 2 ft metal sign was blown down in Fairburn at the intersection of Interstate 85 and Georgia Highway 74. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | College Park | $50,000 | The Fulton County 911 Center reported that a home in College Park was set on fire by a lightning strike. One power line in the area was also down, either the result of lightning or a wind gust. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $10,000 | The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that power lines were down across many areas of the county. The worst damage was in the area approximately six miles south-southeast of Atlanta near Hapeville, Lakewood Park, and Grant Park. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $2,000 | The Fulton County 911 Center reported that a power line was down and a couple of trees on the west side of College Park and near Fairburn. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $2,000 | The public reported that a number of trees were blown down. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $2,000 | The Fulton county Emergency Management Director reported that some power lines were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $1,000 | The public reported that strong thunderstorms winds blew the guttering off a house in College Park. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $500 | The Fulton County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down on a power line. |
| June 2007 | Hail | College Park | - | The public observed half-dollar-sized hail in the southeast corner of Fulton county near the Clayton county line. |
| July 2000 | Hail | College Park | - | The public reported golfball size hail. |
| September 1999 | Hail | College Park | - | The public reported dime size hail at a Hartsfield Airport parking lot. Another citizen reported numerous limbs down and power outages in Union City. |
| January 1995 | Hail | College Park | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Point Industrial District | 1.6 miles | 1985 | |
| Washington Carver Homes | 1.7 miles | 2023 | |
| College Street School | 2.6 miles | 1995 | |
| Hapeville Historic District | 2.7 miles | 2009 | |
| Sperry & Hutchinson Company Warehouse | 3.1 miles | 2021 | |
 | Jeremiah S. Gilbert House | 3.3 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001338 in Record Group 79. |
| Fulton County | All 258 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.