25+ Years of Preservation Achievements

 

1980

• Opens office in Healey Building
• Sponsors guided walking tour of Old Downtown
• Co-hosts Fairlie-Poplar Affair with The Georgia Trust
• Wins AUDC Award of Excellence for role in Fairlie-Poplar Affair

1981

• Begins Fairlie Poplar and Inman Park walking tours
• Assists Atlanta Urban Design Commission (AUDC) in updating city’s list of historic buildings and districts
• Holds first Atlanta History and Preservation Course in the Academy of Medicine 

1982

• Begins Fox Theater walking tour 
• Celebrates adaptive use and development of Lanier Hotel and Training Center
• Assists in changing zoning codes to allow mixed commercial and residential use and make loft projects like Castleberry Hill possible

1983

• Sponsors tour of Willis F. Denny buildings
• Sponsors Oakland Cemetery Photographic Exhibit
• Wins AUDC Award of Excellence for increasing public awareness of historic preservation in Atlanta
• Forms CIRCA for preservationists 20 to 40

1984

• Forms Easements Atlanta with AUDC and Atlanta History Center
• Works for West Paces Ferry historic zoning and billboard ordinance 
• Works to stop Pershing Point apartments’ demolition, Seaboard Railroad rail/truck terminal in Cabbagetown and Presidential Parkway 
• Celebrates preservation of Baltimore Block

1985

• Assists in formation of Capitol Commission to protect State Capitol
• Celebrates adaptive use of only remaining warehouse district with Castleberry Jazz
• Assists in formation of Atlanta Tax Task Force to evaluate effect of the 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act Rehabilitation Tax Credits 

1986

• Publishes Preservation Resource Guide
• Celebrates adaptive use of Ford Motor Co. building with Tin Lizzie Tizzy
• Assists in obtaining grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation to the City of Atlanta for development of a comprehensive historic preservation plan

1987

• Reactivates Preservation Center Council 
• Celebrates Atlanta’s 150th birthday with a series of talks on Atlanta’s development

1988

• Mayor signs Comprehensive Preservation Program, which APC was instrumental in developing 
• Celebrates preservation of The Castle with Saints and Sinners Ball 
• Preservation Council sponsors neighborhood workshop on the benefits of early historic designation

1989

• Assists in first public hearing for Comprehensive Preservation Program
• Receives state grant to develop heritage education program for Atlanta City Schools on the Inman Park historic district 
• Assists in surveying 600 structures in Vine City 

1990

• Celebrates preservation of Baltimore Row with Saints and Sinners Ball
• Begins Sweet Auburn walking tour
• Works for City Council approval of tax abatement for income producing properties that are designated historic properties
• Receives funding from National Park Service for “Raising Preservation Awareness in Atlanta’s Black Communities” 
• Sponsors Druid Hills home tour

1991

• Facilitates historic designations for West End, C&S Bank (now Bank of America) and Palmer/Phelan Apt.
• Joins with STOP to preserve Piedmont Park and neighborhoods around the city to promote the subdivision ordinance
• Supports city in passage of new parking lot ordinance
• Recognizes preservation of the Healey Building with Saints and Sinners Ball
• Wins “Outstanding Nonprofit Management” award from Metropolitan Atlanta Community Foundation
• Begins Walking Miss Daisy’s Druid Hills” walking tour
• Receives second state grant for follow-up project to “Raising Preservation Awareness in Atlanta’s Black Community”

1992

• Joins with neighborhoods and school groups to oppose location of proposed combined sewer overflow in Piedmont Park
• Supports neighborhood in opposing special use permit for Robert Dunn House
• Sponsors Virginia-Highland home tour
• Receives grant with Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs to produce an inventory of outdoor sculpture, "Save our Sculpture" (SOS)

1993

• Offers “Sweet Auburn, A Street of Dreams” as classroom program
• Begins Ansley Park tour
• Begins The Bottom Line Workshop

1994

• Honors preservation of Georgian Terrace with Off-Peachtree Revue 
• Offers "Stories Worth Sharing – the Heritage of Atlanta’s African-American Neighborhoods" as a classroom program
• Works for sale of Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill to Winter Properties
• Sponsors Peachtree Heights home tour

1995

• Celebrates GI Jive at Georgian Terrace
• Endorses Downtown Improvement District proposed by Central Atlanta Progress
• SOS receives Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Award
• Works to save Olympia Building
• Sponsors Garden Hills home tour

 

1996 

• Begins Live in a Landmark Workshop
• Sponsors Tuxedo Park home tour

 

1997 

• Celebrates Downtown Atlanta’s future with “Rooftop Rendezvous” at Chamber of Commerce Building
• Sponsors Peachtree Battle Avenue home tour
• Works with AUDC, Georgia Trust, Peachtree Heights West neighborhood and developer Blaine Kelley and Urban Group to preserve the Randolph-Lucas House

1998 

• Celebrates adaptive use of Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill with “The Bootlegger’s Ball"
• Works to prevent Georgia State University from tearing down a downtown block in Fairlie-Poplar Historic District for a classroom building

1999

• Moves headquarters to 1900 Rufus Rose House on Peachtree Street
• Develops List of Five Worst Losses – Terminal Station, Equitable Building, Kimball House, Pershing Point Apartments, Peachtree Arcade; Best Saves – Fox Theater, The Biltmore, Druid Hillls, The Castle, Shrine of Immaculate Conception; and Most Endangered – Block bounded by Peachtree, Mitchell, Broad and MLK Drive; Peachtree Garden Club; Prior Tire; Police Station and Jail; Kell Hall and Sparks Hall at GSU; Oxford Books on Pharr Road.
• Celebrates opening of the restored Biltmore Ballrooms with The Biltmore Diamond Jubilee
• Sponsors Peachtree Battle Avenue home tour Part II.

2000

• Works with The Georgia Trust and the National Trust to save the Peters House from being sold for a 164-unit condominium complex 
• Celebrates 20th anniversary at the Big Show & Dance at Studioplex
• Sponsors Brookwood Hills home tour

2001

• Develops Most Endangered Historic Places list with 22 sites
• Honors firemen of Fire Station #15, Battalion 3/C for saving the Peters House on Nov. 9, 2000
• Sponsors Atlanta Classics: a tour of Philip Shutze and Neel Reid houses
• Celebrates 21st anniversary at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center with Gospel Brunch
• Sponsors tour of James Means houses
• Celebrates the 100th birthday of the Rose House with a Victorian Tea
• Saves the Grant Mansion (1857) by purchasing it for $110,000 
• Provides grant for City Comprehensive Historic Resources Survey

2002

• Assists West Paces Ferry Road group, Save our Street, in defeating Pace Academy’s effort to install a soccer field/track on non-contiguous property
• Assists Historic Brookhaven Foundation in rallying the neighborhood to support local historic designation; designation loses by 11 votes
• Moves offices to the Grant Mansion
• Begins Grant Park Guided Walking Tour
• Assists DAR in raising funds to restore its headquarters, 1911 Craigie House
• Works with the General Services Administration on the adaptive use of three historic buildings in the Fairlie-Poplar Historic District for the expansion of the Federal Court of Appeals Building 
• Provides grant for City Comprehensive Historic Resources Survey
• Celebrates 22nd anniversary with first Preservation Exposition at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

Grant Park Walking Tour

2003

• Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Saving the Fox with the Save the Fox Silver Anniversary Gala
• Presents The Phoenix Flies: A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks with 14 Preservation Partners, Atlanta’s first preservation festival
• Sponsors tour of historic and infill houses, Good Neighbors Primer: Restorations, Additions and Infill
• Develops 2003 Most Endangered Historic Places list with 14 new sites
• Assists in organizing East/West steering committee to study Buckhead traffic in the historic neighborhood
• Works to save Paschal’s Restaurant from demolition by Clark Atlanta University for dormitories
• Assists the Infill Task Force to moderate infill housing in the city
• Produces Preservation Exposition 2003 at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
• Works to save Piedmont Crest Apartments in Midtown

2004

• Works to expand Midtown Historic District
• Works with neighbors for local historic designation for Peachtree Heights
• Presents the Second Annual Phoenix Flies: A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks with 18 Preservation Partners and 50 activities
• Develops pilot program on Atlanta history and preservation for 8th graders with Paideia School.
• Works to protect historic structures on Auburn Avenue threatened Big Bethel AME Church’s project
• Wins 2004 Preservation Service Award for The Phoenix Flies from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
• Wins 2004 Award of Excellence for The Phoenix Flies from the Atlanta Urban Design Commission
• Executive Director Boyd Coons receives Jenny D. Thurston Memorial Award for Outstanding Preservation Professional from the Atlanta Urban Design Commission
• Holds first Camp Preservation for 9-12 year olds with Georgia Trust
• Co-sponsors Camp Preservation for ages 9-12 with Georgia Trust
• Coordinates installation of two Battle of Atlanta markers in Inman Park for 140th anniversary of the battle
• Starts twilight tours of Ansley Park, Inman Park and Druid Hills
• Leads fight to save Peters House from development with 142 condominiums
• Sponsors Live in a Landmark workshop with Georgia Institute of Real Estate
• Presents Ancients and Moderns: Atlanta Architecture in the 20th Century with Elizabeth Dowling lecture on classicism; “An Evening with the Moderns” and a home tour

2005

• Works on donation of Peters House to Savannah College of Arts and Design by owner and approval of condo development on surrounding property by AUDC
• Presents Third Annual Phoenix Flies: A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks with 19 Preservation Partners and more than 50 activities
• Supports Beltline, 22-mile loop project that includes parks, bike trails and transportation
• Begins rehabilitation of the 1856 Grant Mansion
• Develops 2005 Most Endangered Historic Places List with 17 new sites
• Works with seven Grant Park area historic sites and attractions to promote the area and secure inclusion in proposed tourist bus/trolley lines
• Supports legislation to control infill developed in response to City Council Member Mary Norwood’s Infill Housing Task Force
• Works to save Withers House in Oakland City and Ivy-Hammond House in Midtown
• Presents Buckhead: Landscapes Homes and Memories with lectures on Buckhead and a home tour

2006

• Presents Fourth Annual Phoenix Flies: A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks with 19 Preservation Partners and 56 events in 30 historic venues
• Recommends guiding principles for BeltLine project
• Works to prevent rezoning of historic Randolph-Lucas House to allow demolition
• Reinstates Twilight Tour of Midtown Atlanta
• Celebrates Silver Anniversary at Academy of Medicine
• Assists Castleberry Hill in obtaining local designation as an historic district
• Co-hosts Peters House Open House with the Savannah College of Art and Design before restoration begins (SCAD receives donation in March 2007)
• Receives 1902 Carnegie capital as a gift
• Sponsors Camp Preservation for ages 9-12 with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
• Receives 19th century Grant Family letters from Juanita Kunau-Hanlon of Omaha, Neb.
• Represents preservation issues on the BeltLine Advisory Committee
• Purchases 1892 Equitable capital

2007

• Purchases lot behind Grant Mansion for $52,000 to return boundaries to 1906 lot lines
• Presents Fifth Annual Phoenix Flies: A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks with 22 Preservation Partners with 65 events at 31 historic venues
• Presents Buckhead in Bloom home and garden tour and lecture on Buckhead history
• Develops 2007 Most Endangered Historic Places list with 13 sites
• Partners with Margaret Mitchell House and Museum on summer camp, Mystery in the City, for ages 10-14

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