The Midtown Historic District in Midtown

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is a

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that was listed on the

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in 1999. It is roughly contiguous with what the Midtown Alliance organization calls the "Midtown Neighborhood", which is only part of the much larger Midtown neighborhood. The Midtown Local Historic District organization seeks to designate most of the current historic district as a "local historic district", which unlike simply being listed on the National Register, provides tools for preservation of the historic architecture. The listing included 722

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and a

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on . It also included 168 non-contributing buildings and 47 non-contributing sites. With It includes works by

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, W.A. Brightwell & Sons, Mitchell & Conklin, Lewis E. Crook, Willis F. Denny,

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, C.E. Frazier, Bruce and Morgan,

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, Benjamin R. Padgett,

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, Harry L.Walker, and

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Midtown Local Historic District
Neighborhoods in Atlanta Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Queen Anne architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Bungalow architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Midtown Atlanta National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub