History of Bagley Park and Mount Olive Cemetery

Elon Osby, a Buckhead Heritage board member, will talk about Bagley Park and Mount Olive Cemetery, which is where Frankie Allen Park is located today. Bagley Park was named after one of its well-known and respected residents, William Bagley, who was considered the “mayor” of Bagley Park. He was also the grandfather of Elon Osby.

Mount Olive Methodist Episcopal Church (founded in 1870) was located where the LandPlus building is currently located. The church’s congregation was made up of former slaves and domestic workers to Buckhead’s wealthy residents. Over the next few decades, Bagley Park was a thriving community of more than 400 residents. The only part of this thriving community left is Mount Olive Cemetery.

Osby will share memories of Bagley Park and Mount Olive Cemetery and explain what happened to the neighborhood and community in the late 1940s—early 1950s.

The program is free. R.S.V.P. at www.BuckheadHeritage.com. It will be held Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m. in the Gould Room of the Cathedral of Saint Philip.