Cultural Resource Survey for the Proposed 360-Acre Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Facility, Barrow County, Georgia

A cultural resource survey (consisting of both an architectural survey and a Phase I archaeological survey) was conducted prior to the construction of a proposed 360 acre wastewater treatment and reuse facility in central Barrow County, Georgia, south of the city of Winder. In addition to the planned wastewater facility, the construction of a golf course within the project tract is proposed. The architectural and archaeological surveys were conducted in February and March 1998 by TRC Garrow Associates, Inc. Vehicular and pedestrian coverage of the project's Area of Potential Effects (APE) was undertaken to locate historic architectural resources. The architectural APE was defined as an area in which the proposed project would physically or visually affect any historic resources. The architectural survey identified seven historic resources in the project's APE. Two of them, a New South Cottage dwelling (B3-72) and a gabled ell cottage dwelling (HS-4), are recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); the other five resources are recommended ineligible for the NRHP. In accordance with the criteria of effect and adverse effect, it appears that the proposed project will create no effect on B3-72 and HS-4 if a buffer of vegetative screening is retained along the southeast boundary of the project area. If a buffer is not retained, it appears that the proposed project will have an adverse visual effect on both B3-72 and HS-4. Recommended mitigation measures for both resources would entail the planting of a new buffer of vegetative screening, or possibly Historic American Buildings Survey recordation. Seven archaeological sites and 12 isolated finds were discovered during the Phase I archaeological survey of the project tract. All of the archaeological sites and isolated finds are recommended ineligible for the NRHP. No additional archaeological investigations at these locations will be required prior to construction.