Hemphill Avenue, Residential street in West Midtown, Atlanta, United States

Hemphill Avenue was the main street of a working-class Atlanta neighborhood bounded by 10th Street, North Avenue and Marietta Street, holding houses, churches such as Ponders Street Baptist, and schools. The J. Allen Couch Elementary School at 840 McMillan Street survives as the Couch Building, home to Georgia Tech's School of Music and Center for Music Technology.

Until the late 1960s Hemphill Avenue ran through a multi-racial working-class neighborhood bounded by 10th Street, North Avenue and Marietta Street, with homes, churches such as Ponders Street Baptist, and schools including State Street and J. Allen Couch Elementary. A 1965 plan to expand Georgia Tech into the area began the neighborhood's evacuation, mostly by buying out homeowners. The avenue itself was a major city thoroughfare linking Buckhead, the Atlantic Steel Mill, Techwood Homes and Downtown.

The neighborhood was multi-racial and working-class, with churches such as Ponders Street Baptist and schools including the State Street school and J. Allen Couch Elementary. Hemphill Avenue itself carried traffic between Buckhead, the Atlantic Steel Mill, Techwood Homes and Downtown. The Couch School building at 840 McMillan Street now houses Georgia Tech's School of Music and Center for Music Technology.

The avenue ran between 10th Street, North Avenue and Marietta Street, linking Buckhead, the Atlantic Steel Mill, Techwood Homes and Downtown. The 1965 Georgia Tech expansion plan led to the neighborhood's evacuation, mostly by buying out homeowners, so expect a campus edge rather than a shopping street. The former J. Allen Couch Elementary School at 840 McMillan Street now holds Georgia Tech's School of Music.

The J. Allen Couch Elementary School at 840 McMillan Street survives as the Couch Building, now housing Georgia Tech's School of Music and Center for Music Technology within the College of Design. The school was one of several institutions, alongside Ponders Street Baptist church and the State Street school, that served the neighborhood before its 1965 evacuation.