Cultural Resource Survey of 22 Acres proposed for expansion of the R.L. Sutton Water Treatment Plant, and Archaeological Testing of the 9CO533 Civil War Trenches, Cobb County, Georgia

Cultural resource studies were conducted for a tract slated for impact by the expansion of the R. L. Sutton Water Treatment Plant located in Cobb County, Georgia. The 22 acre tract includes the floodplain of the Chattahoochee River and the adjacent uplands. The studies included archaeological survey, architectural survey, and archaeological evaluation of 9C0533, the site of Civil War trenches. The archaeological survey used screened shovel tests at 30 m intervals. The archaeological testing included controlled metal detector survey, detailed site mapping, photographic recording of the trench remnants, and excavation of 12 m2 units in the trench remnants. The archaeological survey recorded one site, 9C0533, a series of Civil War trenches. Testing demonstrated the presence of intact remnants of trenches and a knoll·top fort. The site is recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, and a mitigative program is recommended. Vehicular and pedestrian coverage of the project's Area of Potential Effects (APE) was undertaken to locate historic architectural resources. The architectural APE was defined as the area in which the proposed project would physically or visually affect any historic resources. The architectural survey identified nine historic resources in the project's APE. One of them, aside-gabled bungalow dwelling (HS-4), is recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places; the other eight are recommended ineligible for the NRHP. In accordance with the criteria of effect and adverse effect, it appears that the proposed project will create an adverse visual effect on HS-4. Recommended mitigation measures for the resource would entail the retention and/ or planting of a buffer of vegetative screening on the southwestern boundary of the project area along Elizabeth Lane.