Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation of the Proposed Deerfield/US Highway 9 Substation and Transmission Line, Forsyth and Fulton Counties. Georgia

Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted a cultural resources survey for a proposed 3 km (1.6 mile) transmission line and 5 acre substation tract northwest of Alpharetta, in Forsyth and Fulton counties, Georgia. The substation tract is located approximately 152 m (500 ft) east of the intersection of U.S. Highway 9 and Webb Road. The transmission line corridor extends from the substation tract east/northeast to the intersection of the existing Hopewell-Windward 230-Kv transmission line and Georgia Highway 400. This survey was conducted in accordance with requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended through 1992). This investigation was comprised of reconnaissance of the transmission line corridor as it falls exclusively within existing rights-of-way, and intensive systematic survey of the substation tract. The primary goals of this investigation were to identify cultural resources located within or in immediate proximity to the proposed substation tract and to revisit previously recorded resources along the transmission line corridor. The potential impact of the proposed construction on historic resources within the project viewshed was also evaluated. No previously recorded architectural resources are present within the survey corridor and proposed substation tract. However, seven historic structures (FU-NF-55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, and 61) are located within 0.8 km (0.5 miles) of the project corridor. Of these structures, only two (FUNF-55 and FU-NF-61) are still standing. Structure FU-NF-55 is a 1869 Greek Revival I-house and was recommended potentially eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This structure is of sufficient distance from the west terminus of the survey corridor that it will not be either directly or indirectly impacted by the proposed re-poling of the project corridor. Structure FU-NF-61, a 1930s Craftsman bungalow, was recommended ineligible. No previously recorded archaeological sites are present within the survey corridor or proposed substation tract. Eight previously recorded archaeological sites are located within 0.8 km (0.5 miles) of the survey corridor and proposed substation tract. Four of these sites were recommended eligible for the NRHP; the remaining four sites were considered ineligible. The standing structures at all four of these sites have been razed and any archaeological material associated with them will not be impacted by the proposed construction. No previously unrecorded archaeological sites or architectural resources were identified along the survey corridor or within the proposed substation tract. No other significant archaeological or architectural resources will be impacted by the proposed project. Based on the results of this survey, cultural resources clearance is recommended.