Whittier Mill Village, originally Chattahoochee, a recognized
neighborhood of Atlanta
:
The city of Atlanta, Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions, or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planni ...
on the
Upper Westside of
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
. It is roughly contiguous with the Whittier Mills Historic District, both locally- and
NRHP
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
-listed. The mill and the adjacent village were founded in 1895. The area is a good example of a Southern mill and village. Only remnants of the mill remain. However, the housing areas mostly have survived.
In 2001, the
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
included 98
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, one contributing structure, and one contributing site, as well as 16 non-contributing buildings.
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References
External links
"Whittier Mill", City of Atlanta- detailed history, architectural description, and further references about Whittier Mill
Whitter Mill Village Neighborhood Association"Whittier Mill Village", ''Creative Loafing''
Whittier Cotton Mill and Villagehistorical marker
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Company towns in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cotton mills in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta
Colonial Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1895
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