The neighborhood is home to two structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The Lincoln Park United Methodist Church is located at 3120 Pershing Street.Atkin bought farm and forest land approximately three miles north of the city center for industrial and suburban residential development.Nearby were the yards of Southern Railway, Knoxville's largest employer at the time, and Atkin's development was aimed largely at targeting the some 1,600 employees.Atkin furniture manufacturing firm on the new property, and in 1902 began subdividing lots for residential home construction.