Historic Resources Survey of the Proposed Eisenhower Parkway Extension Alternative Links Bibb and Jones Counties, Georgia

Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Atlanta) conducted an intensive historic resources survey for the proposed Eisenhower Parkway Extension project in Bibb County, Georgia. Brockington contracted with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), Office of Environment and Location under a subcontract with HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR). A cultural resources overview for the project was previously submitted (Butler et al. 1999). Nine alternative links were defined for the intensive historic resources survey. These alignments generally begin at Interstate 75 and extend east, crossing Interstate 16 into eastern Bibb County. The nine alternative links total 27.12 miles long and 300 feet wide. The goal of the historic resources survey was to identify buildings, structures, objects, and districts within and near the project alternative links which are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Nine historic resources were recommended eligible for the NRHP during this investigation. These include four historic buildings (BI-EI-6, BI-EI-17, BI-EI-34, BI-EI-37), one historic district (Camp Wheeler Main Cantonment), and four historic structures (the Macon, Dublin, & Savannah Railroad corridor, the Macon Levee, the Central of Georgia Railroad corridor, and the Southern Railroad corridors and railyard). Management recommendations and alternatives analyses are presented for significant historic resources recorded during the current survey. Management recommendations and alternatives analyses are also presented for previously recorded significant historic resources located within, adjacent to, or near the alternative links. These previously recorded resources are documented in the cultural resources overview report (Butler et al. 1999). Potential effects to the Ocmulgee Old Fields Traditional Cultural Property are addressed in a separate report. Archaeological sites were defined and evaluated during the intensive archaeological survey of the alternative links (Reid 1999). When possible, we recommend avoidance of all NRHP-listed, eligible, and potentially eligible buildings, structures, sites, and districts by appropriate alternative link selection and/or alternative redesign. After such selection and redesign, however, there may be unavoidable effects to some NRHP properties. Completion of an Assessment of Effects (AOE) will be necessary once preliminary design plans have been developed. The AOE will identify potential adverse effects to each significant historic property located within or near the preferred alignment.