Ashview Heights, Atlanta

#472 among attractions in Atlanta

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Ashview Heights is a historic intown neighborhood located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in the 1920s, it was one of the first planned African-American middle-class communities in Atlanta. The neighborhood is served by Booker T. Washington High School, which is Atlanta’s first African American high school and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The neighborhood is in close proximity to the Atlanta University Center. ()

Coordinates: 33°45'0"N, 84°25'20"W

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Intown South (Ashview Heights)Atlanta United States

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Ashview Heights – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Clark Atlanta University, Herndon Home, Antioch Baptist Church North.

1.3 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
33 min walk • Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Opened in August 2017 as a replacement for the Georgia Dome, it serves as the home stadium of the Atlanta Falcons National Football League and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer.
0.7 miE
Universities and schools
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta
18 min walk • Clark Atlanta University is a private Methodist historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University in the Southern United States.
0.9 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Herndon Home, Atlanta
24 min walk • The Herndon Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 587 University Place NW, in Atlanta, Georgia.
1.6 miNE
Church
Antioch Baptist Church North, Atlanta
40 min walk • Antioch Baptist Church North is a Evangelical Baptist megachurch in Atlanta, Georgia, affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA.
0.6 miE
Universities and schools
Atlanta University Center, Atlanta
17 min walk • The Atlanta University Center Consortium is the oldest and largest contiguous consortium of African-American higher education institutions in the United States.
0.6 miS
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta
16 min walk • The Hammonds House Museum is a museum for African American fine art, located at 503 Peeples Street SW in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It is located in the 1857 Victorian house, former residence of Dr. Otis Thrash Hammonds, a prominent Atlanta physician and patron of the arts.
0.7 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta
19 min walk • The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is a museum located on the Spelman College campus in Atlanta. The museum is housed in the Camille O. Hanks Cosby Academic Center named after philanthropist Camille Cosby, who had two daughters attend Spelman College.
1.2 miNE
Park
Rodney Cook Sr. Park, Atlanta
30 min walk • Rodney Cook Sr. Park, is a 16-acre park in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, adjacent to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It is named after the politician Rodney Mims Cook Sr. The park officially opened on 29 June 2021.
0.8 miS
Museum, History museum
The Wren's Nest, Atlanta
21 min walk • Joel Chandler Harris House, also known as The Wren's Nest or Snap Bean Farm, is a Queen Anne style house at 1050 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd. SW. in Atlanta, Georgia. Built in 1870, it was home to Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the Atlanta Constitution and author of the Uncle Remus Tales, from 1881 until his death in 1908.
0.5 miNE
Library
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta
13 min walk • The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library is a library in Atlanta which serves the four members of the Atlanta University Center, the world's oldest consortium of historically black colleges and universities and the Interdenominational Theological Center.
~1660 ftSW
Museum
Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum, Atlanta
9 min walk • Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum is an Afrocentric teaching museum in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. It was founded in 1992. The museum offers visitors a "hands-on" African American experience by seeing, hearing, saying, touching and doing.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Ashview Heights?

Nearby attractions include Just Us, Atlanta (6 min walk), Mozley Park, Atlanta (7 min walk), Omenala Griot Afrocentric Teaching Museum, Atlanta (9 min walk), Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta (13 min walk).

How to get to Ashview Heights by public transport?

The nearest stations to Ashview Heights:

Metro

Ashby • Lines: Blue, Green (14 min walk)
West End • Lines: Gold, Red (28 min walk)

Bus

West End Station • Lines: 832 (28 min walk)