Southeast

Decatur

De Kalb County, GA

Population

24,421

Walk Score

96 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$1,611

Median home value

$654,400

Founded

1823

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Decatur Cemetery · listed 1997
  • Decatur Downtown Historic District · listed 2012
  • Decatur Heights-Glennwood Estates-Sycaore Street Historic District · listed 2016
  • Decatur Waterworks · listed 2006
  • Emory Grove Historic District · listed 2000
  • McDonough-Adams-Kings Highway Historic District · listed 2013
  • Ponce de Leon Terrace-Ponce de Leon Heights-Clairmont Estates Historic District · listed 2014
  • South Candler Street-Agnes Scott College Historic District · listed 1994
  • Sycamore Street Area
  • University Park-Emory Highlands-Emory Estates Historic District · listed 1998
  • Winnona Park Historic District · listed 2002

Notable landmarks

  • Blair-Rutland Building · listed 2002
  • Candler Hotel
  • Farmer, Neville and Helen, Lustron House · listed 1996
  • Gay, Mary, House · listed 1975
  • Hampton, Cora Beck, Schoolhouse and House · listed 1992
  • Lee, Agnes, Chapter House of the United Daughters of the Confederacy · listed 1985
  • Old DeKalb County Courthouse · listed 1971
  • Pearce, William and Minnie, House · listed 2012
  • Ponce de Leon Court Historic District · listed 2011
  • Pythagoras Lodge No. 41, Free and Accepted Masons · listed 1982
  • Scottdale Elementary School
  • Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children
  • Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children · listed 1982
  • Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children (Boundary Decrease) · listed 2004
  • Steele-Cobb House · listed 1982
  • Swanton House · listed 1978
  • United States Post Office-Decatur, Georgia · listed 2000

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