{"nrhp_refnum":"80000995","name":"Big Shanty Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Park Ave., Whitfield Pl., Main, Harris, Lewis, and Cherokee Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kennesaw","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":34.02521213000006,"lon":-84.61516091199178,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Military","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 28-acre historic downtown district in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, combining brick commercial buildings on Main Street, a railroad depot, cotton gin/museum, and nearby residential streets.","why_significant":"The district is presented as the historic commercial and residential center of Kennesaw, tied to transportation history through the Old Peachtree Trail, wagon roads, automobile highways and the railroad. It was the staging ground for Andrew's Raid during the Civil War. It also has turn-of-the-century commercial buildings, railroad section houses and Victorian cottages that remain largely intact and typify small northwest Georgia town centers.","narrative":"Big Shanty Village Historic District covers about 28 acres of downtown Kennesaw, Georgia. It includes two blocks of one- to three-story, turn-of-the-century brick commercial buildings on the west side of Main Street, notably a two-story bank and a three-story Masonic building. Along the railroad tracks are the bracketed, board-and-batten depot, a cotton gin now used as a museum, a warehouse, the site of the Lacy Hotel, and a commemorative park. Several blocks of Victorian and turn-of-the-century cottages and houses line Harris Street, Whitfield Place, Lewis Street and Park Avenue. The district was recognized for its role in transportation history, from the Old Peachtree Trail and wagon roads to the railroad that brought the town into being. It also served as the staging ground for Andrew's Raid during the Civil War. Its commercial center and largely intact buildings represent typical downtown areas of small northwest Georgia towns.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian and turn-of-the-century commercial and residential buildings, including a bracketed board-and-batten depot","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely intact in physical fabric and setting; non-contributing properties include several contemporary residences and a mobile home and used-car lot.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.407428-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000995.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000995/ab6dcd1545-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000995/ab6dcd1545-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Nilesrob","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BigShanty.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nilesrob</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BigShanty.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205936","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34898884"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/big-shanty-village-historic-district-80000995/"}