Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic Resource Study

excerpts from the
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
REGISTRATION FORM

Name:	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Location:	Roughly bounded by Jackson, Howell, and Old Wheat Streets and Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Owner:	Private, Public-Local, Public-Federal
Category:	District
Historic Functions:	Domestic (single and multiple dwellings) Religion (religious facility) Commerce/Trade (specialty store, department store)
Current Functions:	Domestic (single dwelling) Religion (religious facility) Commerce/Trade (specialty store) Recreation and Culture (National Historic Site)
Architectural Classification:	Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Gothic, Italianate, Romanesque) Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (Bungalow/Craftsman) Modern Movements (Moderne, International Style) Other (double shotgun houses)
Materials:	Foundation (brick, stone) Roof (asphalt) Walls (Weatherboard, brick, asbestos) Other (concrete, metal)
Applicable National Register Criteria:	Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant to our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.
Criteria Considerations:	Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. Birthplace or grave. Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.
Areas of Significance:	Ethnic Heritage; Black Social History Commerce Architecture
Period of Significance:	1880-1968