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This house was built in the Greek Revival style circa 1851 for John Heyward Glover, Jr, most likely with the labor of enslaved people. It was restored and given its present Victorian appearance after a fire in the 1870s. Another fire in the 1930s destroyed the second floor and it was redesigned, with an altered […]

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Larger houses stand out in Marietta’s historic districts, but restored Victorian cottages like this example, also known as the Armstrong-Cox-Galat House, better represent the middle-class housing that was once abundant in the city. Whitlock Avenue Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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James Thomas Anderson (1866-1949), who constructed this house in 1900, was the wealthiest man in Cobb County at the time and the property is a significant example of early 20th-century revivalist architecture within the Whitlock Avenue Historic District. His son, James Thomas Anderson, Jr., was instrumental in the establishment of Cobb Landmarks and this house […]

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The William Root House is a typical I-House form with a shed room at the rear (Plantation Plain), enhanced by a vernacular Greek Revival portico. Built circa 1845, it is one of the oldest houses in Marietta and an inspiring preservation success story. It was facing demolition when it was saved by Cobb Landmarks and […]

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I first published this photograph (above) of Monticello’s Jordan-Lanier House in 2015. It was a well-known landmark just off the square downtown, though I never learned much about its history. I was saddened to get a message from my friend Aubrey Newby yesterday, noting that it was lost to fire on 11 May. As you […]

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