Phase I Cultural Resources Survey The Manor Development Tract Fulton County, Georgia

In March 2001, Brockington and Associates, Inc., under contract with Register and Associates, Inc., conducted a cultural resource survey of the approximately 700-acre The Manor tract in Fulton County, Georgia. This cultural resources survey was required to comply with cultural resources management provisions of the US Army Corps of Engineers regulations (33 CFR Part 320- 330, implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act [16 USC 470, as amended;] and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act 33 USC 1251, as amended). Background research conducted at the Georgia State Site Files revealed that no previously recorded archaeological sites are in or near the project area.

Background research was conducted at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division, to determine if any previously recorded architectural resources could be affected by the project. No listed or nominated NRHP resources are located within or near the project tract. Research revealed 10 previously identified historic resources that are outside of the project tract, but could be visually affected by the project. These resources are identified as Resource FU-NF-218 through FU-NF-227. Additionally, another previously identified resource (Resource FU-NF -228) is in the project tract. These resources are houses and commercial buildings dating from the 1880s to the 1940s.

The focus of the Phase I archaeological survey was to locate any previously unidentified cultural resources and to determine if any were significant based on criteria used to determine their eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. The archaeological field investigations focused on high potentiallan4forms and approximately 1, 700 shovel tests were excavated. The soils throughout the project tract exhibited a great deal of disturbance. Typical stratigraphy consisted of sterile red clay with gravel inclusions at the surface. A positive shovel test occurred at only one locale (ISOF 1). Additional close interval shovel tests were placed around the single shovel test. Isolated Find 1 (ISOF 1) is located east of Hopewell Road at the northern end of the project tract. It consisted of one chert flake. Close interval shovel testing in the area yielded entirely negative results. We recommend that this resource is not eligible for the NRHP and requires no further management consideration.

The historic architecture survey was designed to evaluate eligibility for the NRHP of all historic architectural resources (buildings, structures, objects, designed landscapes, and/or sites with above-ground components) that could be affected by the project. The II previously identified resources were re-examined and evaluated. Seven additional resources were identified and surveyed. Two of these resources are m the project tract (Resource 2 and Resource 4) the remaining five resources (Resource 3, Resource 5, Resource 11, Resource 12, and Resource 13) are near the project trac1 and could be visually affected by the project. Of the 18 identified historic architectural resources, five (Resources FU-NF-219 and FU-NF-221, and Resource 2, Resource 5, and Resource 12) are recommended eligible for the NRHP. The remaining 13 resources are recommended not eligible for the NRHP, and require no further management considerations.