Cultural Resources Survey of the “Marietta GA2008” Monopole Tower Telecommunication Facility, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia Trileaf # 652920

In July 2019, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed monopole tower telecommunication facility located in Cobb County, Marietta, Georgia (Latitude: 33° 56’ 24.86” N Longitude: 84° 31’ 17.56” W). The project location is located within an existing paved parking lot and wooded land.

Kelly Communication Towers, LLC proposes the construction of a new monopole cell tower with a total height of 150 feet (45.7 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be situated within a proposed approximate 70 x 70-foot (21.3 x 21.3 meter) cell tower lease area. A proposed approximate 20 x 550-foot (6.1 x 167.6 meter) access and utility easement will travel generally north and northeast to connect to South Marietta Parkway. An additional proposed approximate 5 x 10- foot (1.5 x 3.1 meter) utility easement will extend northwest towards an existing gravel covered area. An additional proposed approximate 20 x 200-foot (6.1 x 61.0 meter) access and utility easement will extend north then east to connect to N. Hornet Drive. Total acreage of the new construction area is approximately 0.23 acres (0.09 Hectares).

Senior Project Archaeologist Zach Horne, M.A., RPA, under the direction of Trileaf, performed this survey in response to the planned use of the above-described parcel and the potential impacts that such use might represent to archaeological and architectural cultural resources. The Phase I cultural resource survey was designed to discover all prehistoric and historical period cultural resources that might be present within the project area. The field survey of the project area, which included a pedestrian survey, and visual inspection, found no evidence for the presence of archaeological or architectural properties in relation to the current project area’s Direct APE. Additionally, no National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-listed properties were identified within the project area’s Direct APE. Based on a map and survey form search using the resources of the Georgia State Historic Preservation Office including topographical maps, and their GNAHRGIS GIS platform, inspections of the Georgia Archaeological Site Files (GASF 2019), as well as the resources of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) conducted by Zach Horne, Senior Project Archaeologist of the Trileaf Corporation and Kevin McHugh, CEO of Architectural Research LLC, identified one (1) MRA-Map#12, from a 1978 Cobb County survey, which is comprised of 30 GNAHRGIS resources, 22 of which make up individual structures of the Pine Forest Apartments (14538, 14549, 14548, 14543, 14541, 14540, 14619, 14621, [14613, 14592, 14594, 14596, 14597, 14598, 14599, 14600, 14601, 14602, 14539, 14605, 14604, 14606, 14607, 14608, 14609, 14610, 14611, 14612, 14595, and 14616]), with no determination of eligibility, located within the ½-mile visual APE, no archaeological sites, and 14 archaeological surveys (2594, 2603, 4375, 6306, 6310, 6311, 6943, 7358, 7616, 7968, 8068, 8181, 8784, and 9288) previously identified within Trileaf Corporation’s 1-mile background research radius. However, this group of buildings does not possess the outstanding character-defining features that would make them eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Historic Properties in the Direct APE and No Historic Properties within the ½-mile Visual APE. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area relative to those resources.