Arts & Culture

Two gallery districts, a 180-seat theatre, a history museum in the old freight house, and one very well-chosen wall.

Public Art

A large blank brick wall facing a downtown sidewalk
The Depot Street Wall
Selected in 2026 as the preferred location for the city's next major work of public art. Currently painted in the standard exterior neutral.
A long painted mural along a brick wall
Watershed Mural
A 90-foot painted mural tracing the course of the Chattahoochee, completed in 2019 by a regional artist collective.

Gallery interior with framed works on white walls
Notcross Arts Center
A converted 1920s bank building housing two exhibition galleries, four artist studios and a ceramics kiln.
A small gallery space with track lighting
The Alley Gallery
An artist-run space in Peachtree Alley showing regional work, open Thursday through Sunday.

A small community theatre auditorium
Depot Playhouse
A 180-seat community theatre producing four main-stage shows a season plus a summer youth program.

Museum exhibit cases in a historic freight building
Notcross History Museum
Two floors of local history in the former freight house, including the original depot ledger and a restored handcar.

A restored brick freight house beside a rail alignment
The Old Freight House
Built in 1891 and listed on the National Register. Now home to the Notcross History Museum.
A late-nineteenth-century house with a wraparound porch
The Carlisle House
An 1897 residence acquired by the City in 2026 after two decades of broad agreement that it should be. Stabilised and re-roofed; long-term use under community discussion.
Notcross City Hall
The 1934 municipal building on College Street, with its original council chamber still in regular use.