MAK Historic District (Decatur)

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The MAK Historic District is the first locally designated historic district in Decatur, Georgia. It is named for the three main streets it encompasses (McDonough, Adams and Kings Highway) and covers ten city blocks of varying sizes. The district is located immediately west of Agnes Scott College, and south of College Avenue. Decatur's historic Oakhurst neighborhood developed to the south and west of the MAK historic district, resulting in the district being surrounded by structures of a similar context.

Decatur was founded in 1823, before neighboring Atlanta. The MAK neighborhood was Decatur's first residential subdivision, developed by John Mason and Poleman Weekes who purchased the property in 1907. Local architect Leila Ross Wilburn designed many of the homes for Mason and Weekes.

The MAK neighborhood offers excellent examples of the American Craftsman style homes that were popular during the first three decades of the 20th century. The neighborhood sought listing as Decatur's first local historic district in order to establish design guidelines and a design review to protect its unique character.

It is the sight of many movie and television filming locations, most recently the television series "October Road" starring Tom Beringer, Geoff Stults and Laura Prepon and the 2007 movie "Stomp the Yard" starring Columbus Short^[1].

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[edit] Education

[edit] Public schools

The community is zoned to Decatur Public Schools.

Zoned schools include:

[edit] Private schools

The MAK Historic district is also near notable private schools.

[edit] Higher Education

The MAK Historic District is adjacent to Agnes Scott College, recently ranked as one of the top national liberal arts colleges, the Southeast's best women's college, and Georgia's best liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report in its annual "America's Best Colleges" survey. Reference: America's Best Colleges