{"nrhp_refnum":"80000997","name":"Cherokee Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Cherokee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kennesaw","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":34.02612409500006,"lon":-84.60988597220232,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 60 acres in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, covering late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century houses and farmhouses along both sides of Cherokee Street for three-fifths of a mile.","why_significant":"The district is a largely intact area of development along a principal wagon road, combining in-town residences with outlying farmsteads. It reflects transportation history, small-scale agriculture, and community development. Its architecture includes Victorian cottages, farmhouses and tenant-type dwellings, among them the finest Victorian cottage and the farmhouse of one of the largest landowners in Kennesaw.","narrative":"Cherokee Street Historic District covers roughly 60 acres in Kennesaw, Georgia, along three-fifths of a mile of Cherokee Street. It holds late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century residences and farmhouses, ranging from detailed Victorian cottages to small, plain tenant-type dwellings. Houses sit closer together on smaller lots at the south end, while two-story farmhouses with front porches and rear outbuildings stand farther apart on larger tracts to the north, some of them up to fifteen acres. A historic church lies near the south end. The street was one of the principal nineteenth-century wagon roads leading into Kennesaw, and the district shows how development followed such a road, with in-town homes on small lots and farmsteads strung out beyond. It also illustrates the modest, small-scale farming typical of the region. Architecturally, it includes what the nomination calls the finest Victorian cottage in Kennesaw and the farmhouse of one of the town's largest landowners. A few modern buildings are noncontributing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian cottages, farmhouses and tenant-type dwellings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Includes a historic church near the south end; non-contributing properties include a brick ranch house, two modern frame houses and a county fire station.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.634668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000997.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000997/ca21b9b621-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000997/ca21b9b621-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Nilesrob","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CherokeeStreet.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:CherokeeStreet.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205940","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34922628"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/cherokee-street-historic-district-80000997/"}