AN INTENSIVE CULTURAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT SURVEY OF ENCLAVE AT DEPOT PARK, FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA

In July 2018, Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) performed an intensive cultural resource assessment survey at the approximately 4.91-acre Enclave at Depot Park tract in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia. The survey was conducted on behalf of Dominion Due Diligence Group in compliance with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Historic Preservation Division (HP 170606-002). The project area is located at the intersection of South Main Street and Sardis Street. The project area is located on the Kennesaw, GA (1993) United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps (Figure 1.1).

The goal of the survey was to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate all cultural resources within the areas of proposed impacts, including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites and historic structures, to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, (NRHP) as mandated by federal laws and guidelines (Code of Federal Regulations [CFR], Title 36, Chapter VIII, Part 800 [36 CFR 800]). The NHPA requires the effect of a project on significant cultural resources must be taken into consideration on all projects that involve federal assistance, licensing, and/or permitting, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation must be afforded an opportunity to comment on such effects. In order to meet these objectives, an intensive cultural resource assessment survey was conducted by ESI, the results of which are reported herein. Fieldwork was conducted by Joshua Newman, with Brent Handley serving as Principal Investigator.

The field investigation consisted of a thorough pedestrian inspection coupled with subsurface shovel testing throughout the survey area. Shovel tests measured 30 centimeters in diameter and were excavated to a depth of 80 centimeters whenever possible.

A total of 17 (n=17) shovel tests were dug within the project area. As a result of the survey, no cultural resources or materials were identified or located. ESI recommends that the proposed project be allowed to proceed without further concern of impacts to archaeological and historical resources within the project boundaries. In addition, the construction of the proposal project should not disrupt the view shed of historic properties in the general vicinity due to obstructions, distance, and the construction of other developments completed recently or nearly.