Cultural Resources Survey of the Dean Forest Road Tract

In November 2007, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted a cultural resources survey of the 42-hectare Dean Forest Road tract in Chatham County, Georgia, for the City of Garden City. This cultural resources survey was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (in accordance with 36 CFR Part 800) and 33 CFR Parts 320-330 (especially Parts 320.4, 325.4, 325:Appendix C, and 330.4) requiring identification of historic properties potentially affected by the proposed undertaking. Identification and evaluation of cultural resources allows the responsible federal agency officials to take into account the effects of the undertaking on historic properties, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation the opportunity to comment on those effects, if any. These investigations entailed background research, archaeological survey, and architectural survey.

During the cultural resources survey of the Dean Forest Road property, we identified four historic structures within the project tract and two outside the project tract but within the project area of potential effect. The structures within the project tract do not retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Georgia"• Statewide Survey. Of the two structures identified outside the project tract but within the area of potential effect, one (the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The second, the Raspberry Canal on the north boundary of the project tract, is recommended NRHP-eligible. These two resources qualify for treatment as historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The proposed development should not affect these two resources. No archaeological sites or isolates were identified. Proposed development activities within the tract will not affect any historic properties. Ground-disturbing activities within the Dean Forest Road tract should be allowed to proceed without further consideration of cultural resources.