National Historic Landmark · National Historical Park · Atlanta, Georgia

Wheat Street Baptist Church

National Historical Park of the United States in Atlanta, Georgia. Built 1929. Added to the National Register in 2018, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1929Listed 2018
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What it is

Wikipedia · Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park are his boyhood home and Ebenezer Baptist Church – the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin Luther King Sr., were pastors – as well as the outdoor memorial tombs of King and his wife, civil rights activist Coretta Scott King.

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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
Type of placeNational Historical Park, historic district, heritage site
Visitors per year1,348,652
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 ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressRoughly bounded by Freedom Pkwy., John Wesley Dobbs Ave., Decatur St., Southern RR tracks, and I-75/85, Atlanta, GA
Websitenps.gov/malu ↗
Coordinates33.75523, -84.37573 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitMartin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPayne Campground-Allatoona Lake 28 mi · Galt'S Ferry Day Use Area (Ga) 30 mi · Victoria Campground 31 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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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. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.