Ben Hill is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States

United States

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. Ben Hill is a predominantly black community with many black-owned businesses.

Location

Ben Hill is located within the city limits of Southwest Atlanta. Its boundaries start south at Welcome All Road, expand North to Fairburn, and ending slightly before you reach Unincorporated Fulton County right before you reach Cascade Road. Its western boundaries start at Campbellton Road at Sand Creek and extend East to Hogan Road and ends slightly after Continental Colony Elementary before entering the city of East Point

East Point, Georgia

The city of East Point is southwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 33,712...

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History

The Ben Hill area was first settled in the 1820s and was originally known as Mount Gilead Cross Roads.
The Judge William Wilson House is located in Ben Hill, one of a handful of antebellum buildings in Atlanta. The Atlanta Preservation Center placed the NRHP-listed house on its List of Most Endangered Historic Places in 2001.

Shopping

Greenbriar Mall

Greenbriar Mall

Greenbriar Mall is a shopping mall southwest of downtown Atlanta, United States..-Early years:Greenbriar Center opened in August/September 1965 as Atlanta's third totally enclosed mall, after Columbia Mall, in 1964, and North Dekalb Center, in July 1965. The design of the mall was like many of the...

 is the most recognizable figure in this community. The skating rink from the movie 'ATL

ATL (film)

ATL is a 2006 American drama film, and the feature film directorial debut of music video director Chris Robinson. The screenplay was written by Tina Gordon Chism from an original story by Antwone Fisher, and is loosely based on the experiences of the film's producers Dallas Austin and Tionne...

' is based on the historic Jelly Bean Skating Rink that was once located in this community. Now closed, the movie was shot at Cascade Family Skate rink in Adamsville. Jelly Bean has closed down but however still remains Atlanta's top Skating Rings of all time. Jelly Bean is remembered as "The Master Of All Roller Rings" in Atlanta. With Cascade Skating Ring following behind. Jelly Bean is the Roller Ring that put Ben Hill on the map in the late 1970s.

Education

Ben Hill is home to three elementary schools; Continental Colony, Deerwood Academy,and Fickett. It is also home to one middle school; Ralph Bunche.

Parks

Ben Hill has a community park, Ben Hill Park

Ben Hill Park

Ben Hill Park is a community park in the southwest Atlanta community of Ben Hill. The park includes one recreation center, one covered basketball court, two tennis courts, one large multipurpose baseball/football....

, which includes a large recreation Center, 3 ball fields and two tennis courts and outdoor basketball courts.

Events

Ben Hill holds its annual reunion, Ben Hill Day, every year on the last Sunday in July. Ben Hill Day was started by a life long citizen of Ben Hill by the name of Mr. Sherard Bunkley and King Stinson. This event celebrates the lives of all fallen friends and family members of the Ben Hill community. Also it is a reunion for the Ben Hill citizens which has grown to 30,000 in attendance.