Inman Park Historic District

The neighborhood of Inman Park is part of the City of Atlanta’s Inman Park Historic District. To preserve the historic physical pattern, the architectural history, the historic diversity of housing in the district, and to ensure renovations, new development and construction are consistent with the characteristics of the district, the City of Atlanta created the regulations governing construction within the Inman Park Historic District. If you want to build new construction or renovate your current structure, below are some helpful links and guidelines.

Any work requiring a building permit might require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the City of Atlanta's Urban Design Commission. However, a Type I Certificate of Appropriateness, for ordinary repairs and maintenance, shall not be required in the Inman Park Historic District.

If you need a Type III Certificate of Appropriateness from the City of Atlanta's Urban Design Commission, it is strongly encouraged that you gain approval from your immediate neighbors by holding an Immediate Neighbors’ Meeting to discuss your plans. In addition, you are strongly encouraged to gain the approval of the IPNA membership by attending an IPNA regular meeting to discuss your plans. The Urban Design Commission will look at the support from the neighborhood as a factor in whether it approves your application. Elements of construction requiring a Type III Certificate of Appropriateness are located in the Design Guidelines and Ordinance links below.

You can contact the Vice President of Historic Preservation to help coordinate the meetings and process outlined above at [email protected]

Historic Preservation Rewrite

A presentation and discussion of the revisions to the Inman Park Historic District Regulations was held on September 29, 2025.  Based on feedback and questions from various neighbors at and following this meeting, the proposed draft has been updated and is linked below showing a date of 11/3/2025.  The original draft and overview of the rewrite remain linked for reference showing a date of 8/6/25.

The changes to the proposed rewrite are described in the linked “changes” document.

The historic district map (updated 11/14/25) is linked below.  It is referenced in the rewrite. This map lists contributing and non-contributing structures in Inman Park.  Please look at your property and let me know if you see an error or have a question at [email protected].

The September issue of The Advocator also has an article about this project with more details.

UPDATED Historic District Regulations Rewrite 11/3/25

Changes

Historic District Maps- Updated 11/14/2025

Overview of Historic District Regulations Rewrite- 8/6/2025

Historic District Regulations Rewrite Draft- 8/6/2025

 

Steps to having an Immediate Neighbors Meeting