{"nrhp_refnum":"79000713","name":"Cheney, Andrew J., House","other_names":["Cheney-Newcomer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Marietta at Powder Springs and Bankstone Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marietta","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.88515883200006,"lon":-84.61844770599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival plantation house built about 1857 by merchant Andrew J. Cheney, at the crossing of the Old Tennessee Wagon Road and Old Sandtown Road (Bankstone Road), southwest of Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia.","why_significant":"The house is an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture in Piedmont Georgia, with an unusual combination of a raised masonry lower floor and a wood-framed upper floor. It also represents a late antebellum plantation home of a rising merchant-farmer. Union General John M. Schofield used it as headquarters in June 1864, and it survived the devastation that struck neighboring farms.","narrative":"Built around 1857 for Andrew J. Cheney, a merchant who moved from Madison, Georgia, this two-story house stands southwest of Marietta where the Old Tennessee Wagon Road met the Old Sandtown Road. It is a four-room-per-floor, central-hall plantation house with a Greek Revival portico. The lower floor is stucco-covered masonry, while the upper floor is wood frame, a construction method that is unusual among Georgia Greek Revival houses. Drovers and travelers reportedly found food, lodging and pasture at the Cheney place. In June 1864, Union General John M. Schofield made the house his headquarters during the Atlanta Campaign, and General Sherman inspected the line there. That use helped the house survive when neighboring farms were devastated. After decades of tenant occupancy it deteriorated, and it was bought and restored in 1953. The house remains largely intact, with a nominated tract of 9.2 acres retaining much of its original setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Owner: Andrew J. Cheney","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored by its current owners as a private residence; described as in good condition and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.323291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000713.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000713/b27006c151-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000713/b27006c151-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lneville64","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_J._Cheney_House,_Marietta,_GA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lneville64</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_J._Cheney_House,_Marietta,_GA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207567","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._Cheney_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55603932"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/cheney-andrew-j-house-79000713/"}