Archeological and Architectural Survey for Six Candidate Gwen Sites

New South Associates of Stone Mountain, Georgia conducted a Phase I archeological and architectural survey of six tracts in Bartow County, Georgia that are candidate sites for a proposed radio communications tower. The tower would be part of the U.S. Air Force's Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) emergency communications system. Since federal monies would be used, the National Historic Preservation Act applies, and the Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer recommended that a cultural resources survey be conducted. Therefore, this survey was undertaken on behalf of the Air Force, through contract with SRI International of Menlo Park, to determine what impacts to cultural resources would occur if the tower were constructed on each of the six candidate GWEN sites (CGS). The Air Force will use the information in this survey when selecting the final tower location. A close-transect survey was undertaken for archeological resources which might be located on the six 11 acre tracts and their associated access roads. No prehistoric or historic sites were located by either pedestrian survey or shovel testing within the surveyed tracts, and hence the proposed construction does not appear to present a direct impact to archeological resources. Concurrent to the archeological survey, a windshield architectural survey was carried out for those areas within a 1.5 radius area from the center of each CGSs. This survey documented all historical structures within each catchment area and assessed each for potential National Register of Historic Places eligibility. The visual l impact to structures listed on the National Register or considered as potentially eligible to the National Register was also evaluated during this architectural survey phase. In addition to this site evaluation, this report provides an overview of the architectural heritage of the region.