Cultural Resources Assessment of the Savannah State 9SA2122A Cellular Collocation, Chatham County, Georgia

This report represents the findings of a cultural resource assessment for a cellular antenna collocation on a water tower/tank (Subject Property) located at 3219 College Street, Savannah, GA 31404. T-Mobile proposes to add antennas to the Subject Property at a centerline height of 37-meters (120-feet). The overall height of the water tank is 41-meters (135-feet). A 4 by 5- meter (12 by 15-feet) equipment storage lease area will be placed southwest of the water tank compound. A 3 by 111-meter (10 by 363-feet) access/utility easement will extend from the eastern side of the equipment storage lease area. The Subject Property is located in downtown Savannah within view of several National Register and State Historic Properties. A cultural resources assessment was conducted on May 29, 2015. Survey methods included a pedestrian survey of the entire survey area with shovel testing, and a visual inspection of the 0.8- kilometer (0.5-mile) Area of Potential Effect (APE). During this visit, photographs were taken of the Subject Property and all historic resources within the APE. Representative views from these historic resources looking back toward the tower were distributed to Sally Victor, architectural historian, to use as a guide to determine the visual effects of this collocation on the structure. All fieldwork was supervised by the Principal Investigator, Todd McMakin. The total area to be included in this project is 0.04-hectare (0.09-acre). The finding of this assessment is that this collocation will have no adverse effect on the historic structures in the visual APE. It is therefore our finding that the antenna installation will have no adverse visual effect. The Subject Property is not a NRHP listed resource and is not eligible for the NRHP. Therefore, there are no historic resources for direct effects and there will be no adverse effect on historic resources for visual effects.