Hunter Hills is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta , Georgia , United States . Its motto, "One Community, One Family", has been its cornerstone since 2001. The neighborhood is encompassed in the 30314 zip code. Hunter Hills shares borders with Mozley Park , Dixie Hills, and West Lake neighborhoods. The neighborhood rests just inside Atlanta's perimeter highway I-285 , and U.S. Route 78 ( Bankhead Highway ).
20-556: The schools that serve the neighborhood are Stanton Elementary, Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, Ron Clark Academy, Herndon Elementary and Washington High School, and the Atlanta Job Corps. City of Refuge, a community-based 501(c)(3) non-profit, was established on the 1300 block of Joseph E. Boone Blvd. in 2003 and helps to bring transformation to individuals and families through services including housing, health and wellness, vocational training, and youth development. During
40-470: A swimming pool, dance hall, pavilions, and tennis courts. Branch Curington, appointed by Mayor Ivan Allen in 1964, was the first Director/Manager of Washington Park Tennis Center in 1964. Mr. Curington is also known for being the first black tennis pro to direct/manage a tennis facility in Atlanta. Washington Park saw thousands of black youth in Atlanta learn, play and earn tennis scholarships to college due to
60-450: Is a historically black neighborhood in northwest Atlanta encompassing historic residential, commercial, and community landmark buildings. It is situated two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Atlanta. The combination of gridiron and curvilinear streets is a result of the neighborhood having been developed from four separate subdivision plats. One of these plats created Atlanta's first planned black neighborhood, while
80-563: Is adjacent to the esteemed Atlanta University Center Consortium (commonly referred to as the AUC Consortium), which includes Clark Atlanta University , Morehouse College , Spelman College , and Morehouse School of Medicine . Hunter Hills falls on the western edge of the proposed Beltline and is minutes from the City of Atlanta's planned Westside Park . Hunter Hills is also served by the city's public transit service MARTA . It shares
100-486: Is now known as Hunter Hills. Most of the lots were 50 by 150 feet (15 m × 46 m) and they could obtain a loan from First Atlanta National, Citizens or Southern Banks. If a person was able to afford $ 5 down and $ 5 per month he was making Hunter Hills' history and could become a part of a new black community in Atlanta. Hunter Hills is bounded on the south by MLK and the Seaboard Coast rail-line , on
120-505: The 1940s and 1950s Hunter Hills came to life as one of the few planned black communities of its time. Hunter Hills was partially responsible for the economic rise in Atlanta after World War II. Its history is shared with other neighboring communities such as Mozley Park, Washington Park , and Dixie Hills, which all were part of the Battle of Ezra Church in 1864. Several black contractors such as Herman Glass developed and purchased land in what
140-416: The E.R. Carter Elementary School (formerly Ashby Street School). One of the focal points of the historic district is the recreational park. Prior to the construction of Washington Park in 1919, there were no recreational parks in Atlanta available to African Americans. The park started with a gift of six and a half acres and expanded to 25 acres (100,000 m ) when completed in 1928. It originally included
160-660: The PATH Foundation, their mission statement is: "To transform Metro Atlanta into the most trail connected city in the United States and to share knowledge and experience with other communities to promote trail development." In 2011, PATH celebrated its 20th anniversary. In May 2011, PATH created Atlanta's first in-town triathlon called triPATHlon and sanctioned by USA Triathlon . The triPATHlon benefited Chastain Park . This Atlanta, Georgia –related article
180-690: The West Lake Marta Station with West Lake and Dixie Hills communities, and MARTA bus line 51 runs north to south from Joseph Boone to Martin Luther King streets. Hunter Hills is north of the proposed Martin Luther King Corridor Redevelopment, which will dramatically increase home ownership and bring in local businesses. Hunter Hills is also one of many westside neighborhoods affected by the nation's foreclosure crisis. However, real estate investors expect
200-554: The amazing offensive "serve and volley" style of tennis Branch Curington coached to his players. Roscoe "Rocky" Warner, a local teaching pro in Atlanta whose father was coached by Mr. Curington, is building an amazing timeline on Branch Curington's life and his contributions to Washington Park in Atlanta Georgia. Mr. Curington was the first African-American in Georgia to be certified as a tennis teaching professional, and many of
220-496: The city. The area east of Ashby Street was established as an area for African Americans, and the area west of Ashby Street was established as an area for white settlement. Few white families were interested in residing so close to the historically black Atlanta University campus. Any plans for white settlement west of Ashby Street ended when the general manager of the Parks Department of Atlanta designated Washington Park as
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#1732786980287240-511: The city’s black elite would take lessons from him on their lunch breaks. Despite his accomplishments, it was not until 2016 that Mr. Curington was inducted in the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame. Mr. Curington would die a year later July 14, 2017. The Washington Park neighborhood has retained many of its landscape features; however, mass transportation projects, modern residential construction and subsidized housing development have caused
260-507: The east by the Beltline (former Louisville and Nashville Railroad ) and Mayson Turner Rd., on the north by Joseph Boone St. and on the west by Holly Road. Its West Side Siege Line is located on the corner of Joseph Boone (Simpson Road) and Chappell Road. Hunter Hills is part of two Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs), J and K, which are separated by Holly Rd. Even house numbers belong to NPU J and odd house numbers belong to K. Hunter Hills
280-656: The edges of the district at the crossroads of major streets, but many of these stores have been lost or altered. A c. 1930 gas station featuring an office block with a canopy remains, as well as a corner store with a large storefront window oriented towards the intersection. Community landmarks include the William A. Harris Memorial Hospital, the Ashby Street Theater, the Citizen Trust Company West Side Branch bank building, and
300-534: The first recreational park for African Americans in 1919. The Atlanta Board of Education re-designated Ashby Street School from white to black in that same year. With these two actions, the area west of Ashby Street was abandoned by white developers and this early "color line" was broken. The collection of historic residences within the district consists of one- and two-story buildings built between 1919 and 1958 featuring exterior wood clapboard or brick veneer. These close-knit residences are fairly uniformly set back near
320-644: The loss of some historic fabric. The neighborhood is served by PATH 's "West Side Trail", the Beltline (which will connect to the park as well) and access to the Ashby MARTA rail station. This article incorporates text from the National Park Service website, a work of the U.S. government, and therefore under public domain. PATH (Atlanta) PATH Foundation is a non-profit organization that builds of off-road trails in and around
340-618: The metro Atlanta area for walkers, runners, skaters, and cyclists. The foundation was established in 1991. The goal was to develop a network of off-road trails in Atlanta in time for use during the 1996 Summer Olympics . The trails are also a way to connect neighborhoods and preserve the regional character. The first demonstration trails were built near Clarkston in DeKalb County . Presently, trails exist in Atlanta , Smyrna , Decatur , Stone Mountain , and Conyers . According to
360-651: The other three were abandoned by white developers and adopted by Heman Perry, an early 20th-century black developer. Although Perry did not receive a formal education past the seventh grade, in 1913 he founded one of the largest black-owned companies in the United States, the Standard Life Insurance Company of Atlanta. The development of the Washington Park area is associated with the history of racial segregation in Atlanta. Prior to 1919, Ashby Street functioned as an early "color line" in
380-553: The proposed development plans to spur the neighborhood's revitalization. Hunter Hills has also been the past home of several black community icons: Ann Nixon Cooper , Tuskegee Airman John Loyd Atkinson Sr., C. T. Alexander, Charles Harper, and founder of the Atlanta Daily World newspaper C. A. Scott. 33°45′27″N 84°25′49″W / 33.757614°N 84.430393°W / 33.757614; -84.430393 Washington Park, Atlanta Washington Park
400-462: The street-end of their narrow lots. The architectural types represented within the district include English and Georgian cottages, Georgian, American Foursquare, and the bungalow, the most commonly found type. The architectural styles found include Colonial Revival, English Vernacular, and Craftsman, which is the style most widely represented. There were few commercial buildings located within the Washington Park neighborhood, historically concentrated near
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