![16000195-Capitol View Historic District Residential street with detached houses setback about 30 feet from street.](/subjects/nationalregister/images/16000195-Capitol-View-Historic-District.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Photograph by Charlie Miller, courtesy of Georgia State Historic Preservation Office
Georgia, Reference number: 16000195
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Architecture
Period of Significance: c. 1867- 1966
This nomination documents an early streetcar suburb of Atlanta that reflects some of the national trends of its time. It was built in response to the rapid population growth of Atlanta and the need for affordable housing on the south side of the city. The district contains primarily single-family houses, which are arranged regularly on a gridiron street pattern and the historic houses reflect almost 100 years of residential architecture with a variety of types and styles common to middle-class communities in Georgia.
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![100006659-Edmonton-Heights-HD Streetscape view of suburban houses](/subjects/nationalregister/images/100006659-Edmonton-Heights-HD.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Photograph by Caroline T. Swope, courtesy Alabama Historical Commission
Alabama, Reference number: 100006659
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Ethnic Heritage: Black, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1959-1975
Edmonton Heights is Huntsville’s only planned suburb for African Americans. It illustrates the effects on the African American community of post-war growth, urban renewal, and racial discrimination in federal and local housing policy.
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![100006675-Brunswick Square Green park square with a white gazebo, monolith, and park bench, with trees and walking paths](/subjects/nationalregister/images/100006675-Brunswick-Square.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Photograph by Michael Goebel-Bain, courtesy of Maine State Historic Preservation Office
Brunswick Square
Maine, Reference number: 100006675
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance: c. 1808-1971
Laid out in 1808 and given to the city in 1824, Brunswick Square was integral in the development of the surrounding residential neighborhoods.
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![Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historict District, Georgia Streetscape with houses in suburban area](/subjects/nationalregister/images/09000184_Fairway-Oaks-Greenview-HD.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Photograph by James R. Lockhart, courtesy of Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Georgia, Reference number: 09000184
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1950-1965
The Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historic District is significant for its precedent-setting role in establishing a new, modern way of planning and developing residential suburbs in mid-20th-century Savannah. The nomination presents mid-century modern house types and styles built on large, wooded lots of varying shapes and sizes set among a series of curvilinear streets.
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![15000760 Ten Main Center A 20-story commercial office tower constructed of reinforced concrete frame with a curtain wall exterior of precast concrete panels.](/subjects/nationalregister/images/15000760-Ten-Main-Center.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Photograph by Richard Weinowski, courtesy of Missouri State Historic Preservation Office
Missouri, Reference number: 15000760
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1965-1968
The process of implementing Ten Main Center paved the way for urban renewal within the central business district of the city and was, therefore, pivotal for Kansas City’s economic future. This single resource is significant under community planning and development. The multi-use complex in the Modern Abstract Monumental Style was unconventional for the time, consisting a twenty-one story office tower connected to seven-story garage.
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Elk River Water Tower
Minnesota, Reference number: 12000284
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development, Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
This nomination presents an example of a single resource that served as the impetus for the planning and development of the community.
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Last updated: November 6, 2022