The Grant Park neighborhood was named for
Lemuel (L.P.) Grant,
a civil engineer for the Georgia Railroad who has been called
the “Father of Atlanta.” Grant Park, as a neighborhood,
began to be populated in the 1890’s. Craftsmen built
many of the architecturally distinctive homes you see today.
Grant Park encompasses 131.5 acres of land,
100 of which were donated by Col Lemuel P. Grant in 1881 for
use as a public park.
• Grant Park Cooperative Preschool
• Kingfisher Academy
• Grant Park Neighborhood Charter School
• Martin Luther King Middle School
• Parkside Elementary School
• Southside High School
• St. John The Wonderworker Home School
• Joyful Noise Nursery School
Sightseeing
• Turner Field
• The Second Grant Mansion
• Park Avenue Baptist Church
• St. Paul United Methodist Church
• Fort Walker
• Cyclorama
• Zoo Atlanta
• Oakland Cemetery
