Cultural Resources Survey and Site Evaluations Deerfield Park Development Site, Fulton County, Georgia

Archeological and architectural resources surveys and site evaluation studies were conducted at the proposed Deerfield Park Development Site in Fulton County, Georgia in the summer of 1997. Eleven archeological sites, the location of the Sarah Webb Gravesite, and ten isolated finds were located during the archeological field survey. All of the sites and five of the isolates suggest late 19th and/or 20th century occupations of the project area. Site types include farmsteads, house sites and artifact scatters. Eight prehistoric occupations were identified from recovery of lithic isolates on three historic sites and five locations. Seven of the isolated finds were assigned to unknown prehistoric time periods, one was given a Woodland temporal assignation. Five historic sites (9FU295, 9FU296, 9FU309, 9FU311, and 9FU313) were recommended as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), while the remainder of the sites, the isolated finds, and the Sarah Webb Gravesite were all recommended as ineligible for the NRHP. Based on the testing results, three sites were recommended ineligible - Sites 9FU295, 9FU296, and 9FU311. Eligible recommendations for Sites 9FU309 and 9FU313 were founded on the presence of intact archeological midden deposits and potential for contribution to North Fulton's history of settlement and use. Architectural survey and evaluations were conducted at nine historic structures/structural complexes within and adjacent to the project area. The study results indicated that Structural Complexes FU-NF-55 (Bowen Homestead) and FU-NF-56 (Dodd-Moss House), and the proposed Webb Historic District (FUNF-58, Bagwell Tenant House No. 1; FU-NF-59, Webb General Feeds Store and cotton gin building, and Bagwell Tenant House No. 2) are eligible for the NRHP for significance in agriculture, commerce, community planning and development, industry, and architecture.