{"nrhp_refnum":"85003059","name":"Church Street-Cherokee Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Northwest Marietta Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Margaret Ave. and Chicopee Dr., DeSoto Ave., Montgomery and Brumby, and Campbell Hill Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marietta","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.961351766000064,"lon":-84.54817329054447,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 100 acres in northeast Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, along Church, Cherokee and Campbell Hill Streets. It grew over about a century from several antebellum estates into a neighborhood of one- and two-story houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance in architecture, landscape architecture, community planning, politics and government, and commerce. The houses span antebellum times to the mid-1930s, and some were designed by known architects such as Neel Reid and Leila Ross Wilburn. The district also shows how estates became subdivisions, including Marietta's first speculative subdivision and Cherokee Heights, and it was home to local mayors, judges and businessmen.","narrative":"This neighborhood in northeast Marietta, Georgia, covers roughly 100 acres along Church, Cherokee and Campbell Hill Streets. It developed over about a century from several antebellum estates into a residential area of one- and two-story houses under mature oak, pecan and magnolia trees. The earliest surviving house, Ivy Grove, dates from 1843 and was later remodeled. Styles range from Victorian and Neo-classical to Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Craftsman and Tudor Revival, and several houses were designed by Atlanta architects Neel Reid and Leila Ross Wilburn. The district was listed for its architecture, its landscaping, and its planned growth, including the Church Street Extension of 1905 and the Cherokee Heights subdivision of the 1920s, both developed by Morgan McNeel. It also housed many Marietta mayors, judges and local business owners, from the 1870s until the mid-1930s. Its period of significance runs from 1843 to 1935.","period_of_significance":"1843-1935","architect_builder":"Multiple; architects named include Leila Ross Wilburn, Neel Reid and Montgomery Anderson","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Victorian, Neo-classical, Georgian Revival, Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Craftsman, Tudor Revival and French-styled","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as a good-condition residential neighborhood that is largely occupied, with some altered buildings and a few intrusions and non-historic houses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.559997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/85003059.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207569","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141742983"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/church-street-cherokee-street-historic-district-85003059/"}