Whittier Mill Village, Historic district in northwest Atlanta, United States.
Whittier Mill Village, originally called Chattahoochee, is a neighborhood on Atlanta's Upper Westside, roughly contiguous with the Whittier Mills Historic District. The mill and adjacent village were founded in 1895; only remnants of the mill remain, while the housing areas mostly survive. In 2001 the historic district included 98 contributing buildings, one contributing structure, one contributing site, and 16 non-contributing buildings.
Whittier Mill Village, first called Chattahoochee, was founded in 1895 together with the adjacent mill. The village and mill form a Southern mill-and-village example, and the district is listed both locally and on the National Register of Historic Places. Only remnants of the mill survive, while most of the worker housing has been kept. In 2001 the historic district counted 98 contributing buildings, one contributing structure, one contributing site and 16 non-contributing buildings.
The neighborhood was first called Chattahoochee before taking the name of the Whittier mill. Its surviving workers' houses, laid out beside the mill site, are what earned the area its local and National Register historic district designations. A historic marker on Whittier Cotton Mill and Village recounts the mill and the community built around it.
The site is located at the intersection of Bolton Road and Parrot Avenue in a accessible area. The park has open spaces for walking and exploring, and you will want to allow time to examine the homes and buildings at a leisurely pace to appreciate their details.
The 2001 historic district inventory counted 98 contributing buildings, one contributing structure and one contributing site, alongside 16 non-contributing buildings. The mill itself is gone except for remnants, while most of the worker housing has survived. The neighborhood was originally called Chattahoochee before taking the Whittier name.
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