Preserving Atlanta Since 1979

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About Us
The Atlanta Preservation Center is the city’s oldest private non-profit preservation organization. It was founded in 1979 to promote the preservation of Atlanta's architecturally, historically and culturally significant buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes through education and advocacy.
About Us
The Atlanta Preservation Center is the city’s oldest private non-profit preservation organization. It was founded in 1979 to promote the preservation of Atlanta's architecturally, historically and culturally significant buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes through education and advocacy.
Your Involvement Is Why These Integral Atlanta Buildings Have Been Preserved
Spotlight Tour
Westview Cemetery
Come learn about the lives of many important Atlantans like Joel Chandler Harris, Lemuel Pratt Grant, Donald Lee Hollowell, Asa Candler and Harriett Harwell Wilson High while enjoying beautiful sculptures and historic structures. Tours will include the 1890 Gatehouse and, time-permitting, the massive Spanish Plateresque Westview Abbey and chapel. Prepare to be awestruck by the beauty and many layers of history this site represents.
 
When Westview opened in October of 1884 with nearly six-hundred acres of land, it was designed to be the premier cemetery in the Southeast. It is still an active cemetery with more than 125,000 interments. Westview remains the largest cemetery in the Southeast and one of the largest non-profit cemeteries in the United States.
"The Spirit of Achievement"
The Jesse Parker and Cora Best Taylor Williams Memorial

“The greenest building is . . . one that is already built.”

— Carl Elefante // The National Trust for Historic Preservation

Become a Member

Our organization is only as good as our membership and sponsors. Become a part of our exciting efforts to expand the examination of preservation beyond what has been to become a way of thinking for a sustainable and better informed future.

Advocacy

Through partnerships with citizens, corporations, and government organizations we seek to save Atlanta's cultural heritage from demolition.

Education

We partner with local schools ranging in levels from pre-school to post-graduate university programs. We also offer corporate education programs as well as residential restoration resources.

Preservation

Adaptive Reuse, Recycled Materials, Repurposed Spaces, Repairs . . .  Preservation is a thoughtful way of life with a focus on sustainability and a more informed future through learning from the past.