Historic Oakland Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of four directors to its board of trustees beginning January 1, 2024. “As Historic Oakland Foundation completes our first-ever capital campaign and is expanding its ability to deliver on its mission…
HOF Executive Director Richard Harker and Director of Capital Projects Neale Nickels update us on the construction of Oakland Cemetery’s new Visitor Center. Learn more about this project | Buy a personalized brick
Historic Oakland Foundation is excited to once again offer free tours of Oakland's historic African American Burial Grounds this February. From the inception of Atlanta’s municipal cemetery in 1850, the burial grounds for enslaved and free African Americans were, by…
HOF is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the second year of its Youth Landscape and Hardscape Team workforce development program. The Youth Landscape and Hardscape Team (YLHT) program is an eight-week program that provides steady, paid summer…
Historic Oakland Foundation and the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation have announced that Oakland Cemetery will temporarily close to the public for the month of January 2024 so that paving and infrastructure projects may be completed. Historic…
Your support this year allowed us to serve more than 125,000 visitors at Oakland Cemetery through our expanded educational programs, tours, special events, and the launch of our youth work skills development program. In the video below, HOF staff share…
HOF Executive Director Richard Harker and Director of Capital Projects Neale Nickels update us on the construction of Oakland Cemetery's new Visitor Center. Learn more about this project | Buy a personalized brick
As we continue our work as an organization to preserve, restore, enhance, and share Oakland Cemetery, Historic Oakland Foundation (HOF) continues to elevate diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) as central lenses through which we conduct our work. Part of…
As a vibrant public park and a treasured historic resource, Oakland Cemetery is a unique site where K-12 students can learn about the past and contemplate the future. Today, our goal is to raise $15,000 to enhance educational programming at…
HOF Executive Director Richard Harker and Director of Capital Projects Neale Nickels update us on the construction of Oakland Cemetery's new Visitor Center. Learn more about this project.