Sweet Auburn

at , Atlanta , 30303 United States

1. Neighborhood

Description

The Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood along and surrounding Auburn Avenue, east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, referring to the "richest Negro street in the world," one of the largest concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States. A National Historic Landmark District was designated in 1976, covering 19acre of the neighborhood, significant for its history and development as a segregated area under the state's Jim Crow laws.GeographySweet Auburn is one of 242 officially-recognized neighborhoods of Atlanta. It is bounded by: Freedom Parkway and the Old Fourth Ward (formerly the separate Bedford Pine neighborhood) on the north Boulevard and the Old Fourth Ward on the east the MARTA East-West line and the Oakland and Grant Park neighborhoods on the south, and the Downtown Connector and downtown Atlanta on the west

Company Rating

235 FB users likes Sweet Auburn, set it to 13 position in Likes Rating for Atlanta, Georgia in Neighborhood category

Summary

Sweet Auburn is Atlanta based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category. 30303.