National Historic Landmark · Atlanta, Georgia

Wheat Street Baptist Church

A listed building in Atlanta, Georgia, built 1929. Added to the National Register in 2018, and a National Historic Landmark.

Wheat Street Baptist Church
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressRoughly bounded by Freedom Pkwy., John Wesley Dobbs Ave., Decatur St., Southern RR tracks, and I-75/85, Atlanta, GA
CountyFulton County
ListedOct 2, 2018
Reference number00000741
Built1929
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources480 buildings, 1 structures, 1 sites
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetRoughly bounded by Freedom Pkwy., John Wesley Dobbs Ave., Decatur St., Southern RR tracks, and I-75/85
Coordinates33.75523, -84.37573 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 00000741. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.