Collier Heights

Historic Collier Heights is an affluent historically middle-class and predominately African-American populated historic area in the northwest corner of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bordered to the west by Fairburn Road, the east by Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, the north by Donald L. Hollowell Parkway, and to the south by Interstate 20 bridge at Linkwood Road.

Collier Heights Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°46′19″N 84°29′2″W
Built1948
NRHP reference No.09000457
Added to NRHPJune 23, 2009

Collier Heights is a 1,750-home enclave mostly made up of brick ranch houses built in the 1950s and 1960s. It is one of the first upscale communities in the nation built exclusively by African-American planners for the emerging Atlanta African-American middle-class. and has been featured in several national publications such as Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as featured in the "Homefinder" section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since 2009, the community has been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The community achieved local historic designation in June 2013.

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