On behalf of Kimley-Horn, Southern Research, Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. conducted a Phase I Archaeological Survey and a Visual Effects Survey for a proposed cellular tower structure located in Douglas County, Georgia. The survey was undertaken in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Nationwide Programmatic Agreement regarding the treatment of historic properties in advance of the construction of a cellular tower structure. Following guidelines from the FCC and the Georgia Historic Preservation Division (GHPD), the Area of Potential Effects (APE) for direct effects consists of the proposed tower compound, the access road, and easements, while the APE for visual effects is a 0.5-mile radius around the proposed tower pad and access road. The proposed tower site is located at 3506 Reynolds Road, Douglasville, Georgia on property owned by the Arbor Heights Baptist Church. The site lies on the Campbellton, Georgia USGS 7.5’ series topographic quadrangle (photorevised 2020) (Figure 1). The proposed tower is a monopole 100 feet in height. The access road extends approximately 700 feet east from Reynolds Road, following the existing paved drive for the church for 435 feet along the western portion, with the remaining 265 feet extending along undeveloped ground surface through a wooded area to the tower compound. The tower compound measures 60 x 60 feet in area, is wooded, and is located on a ridge slope approximately 15 feet south of an existing baseball field (Figures 2 and 3).
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