A.W. Roberts Home

The Alfred W. Roberts House is a large, two-story, wood-framed, Victorian eclectic style structure with classical detailing. It is situated on the top of a hill near the center of Ball Ground. The property was recognized by the National Register for its unique architecture, which encompasses plantation plain, Victorian, and Classical elements, reflecting the historical development of the property between 1855 and 1932, and the importance of the Roberts' family to Ball Ground's local history.

Alfred W. Roberts purchased the property around 1890 and enlarged and remodeled the original plantation plain style structure to include Victorian detailing around 1898. Ball Ground was incorporated in 1883, and A.W. Roberts was involved in most phases of the town's early development as a banker, real estate developer, cotton broker, and creator of the Roberts Marble Company. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Ball Ground in 1906, and founded the Roberts Store which served the town for about 80 years.

Canton Wholesale Company

The Canton Wholesale Company Building was constructed in 1920 and is located in Canton off Railroad St. and Main St. by the Mill on Etowah. The building is recognized in the National Register for its association to the Jones Mercantile Company and the early 20th-century industrial/commercial development of Canton. Jones added to his Mercantile Company with the construction of the Main Street Garage, Inc. (1926), the North Canton Store (1928), the Cartersville Warehouse (1928), and the Etowah Maid Dairy (1929).

Jones Mercantile was begun in Canton in 1879 by Robert Tyre Jones (Grandfather of golf legend Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones, Jr.). Jones Mercantile Company was the most significant contributor to the growth of business and commerce in Cherokee County and Canton during the period 1879 to 1986. The industrial/commercial building was constructed in the Stripped Classical style and traditional heavy timber or "slow-burning” interior framing. The Canton Wholesale Company was established in order to supply bulk groceries and hardware to outlying areas.

Edgewater Hall and the Rock Barn

Edgewater Hall and the Rock Barn are part of A.L. Coggins' 350 acres property known as Crescent Farm. The farm derived its name from the manner in which the Etowah River partially encircles it in a crescent-like shape and was best known on both a local and national basis for its world class harness race horses. Crescent Farm consists of a historic Georgian Revival style house, called Edgewater Hall, built in 1922 and the historic Rock Barn built in 1906. The house and barn are located on a hill across the Etowah River from the small, north Georgia city of Canton.

They are recognized in the National Register for being part of one of the few large farms in Georgia which specialized in raising mules and harness racing horses. The farm produced various agricultural products including cotton, corn, hay and molasses. It was the largest farm of its type in Cherokee County and one of the few in the state of Georgia.

The Rock Barn is owned by History Cherokee and stands to this day as a rental space for weddings, receptions, meetings, and much more.

Canton Cotton Mill #2

Canton Cotton Mill #2 is located northeast of the downtown Canton, the county seat of Cherokee County, and is bordered by Georgia Highway 5 on the north and the Etowah River on the south. Built in 1923, Canton Cotton Mill #2 is comprised of a three-story, brick main manufacturing building; an attached, one-story, brick dye house; and a one-story, brick warehouse building comprised of eight warehouse spaces. The mill was designed and built by C.E. Blank, an architect and builder for Dressier Industries headquartered in New England.

Construction for mill #2 began in late 1923 and finished in the summer of 1924. Operations at mill #2 began shortly thereafter with 750 looms and 23,000 spindles. During its peak. the Canton Cotton Mills provided employment for one-third of the population in the area.

Canton Cotton Mills #2 qualified in the National Register for the significant role it played in Canton's development and economy.

Historic Cherokee County Marble Courthouse

The Cherokee County Courthouse is a five-story Classical Revival building made of native marble. It is recognized on the National Register because it is one of Georgia's few native-marble courthouses and it was designed by renowned Atlanta architect A. Ten Eyck Brown.

The previous Cherokee County Courthouse was destroyed by a fire, announced in The Cherokee Advance on March 11, 1927. Through negotiations with the Georgia Marble Company in nearby Tate, Georgia, the county was able to secure a good price for the native stone and used it rather than brick. The building was delivered to the county, upon its completion, on November 14, 1928.

An interesting fact about the courthouse is that the jail was incorporated into the building in the top story. The Jailworks were created by the well known Pauly Jail Company of St. Louis, Missouri.

Woodstock Depot

The Woodstock Depot is located in downtown Woodstock along the railroad track. The Depot is recognized in the National Register for its historical significance in developing the city of Woodstock and the depot's solid craftsmanship for its time.

After the Civil War, interest in a railroad for Cherokee County was renewed. In 1870 the legislature authorized loan funding for the Marietta, Canton and Ellijay line. The railroad's name was again changed, its new name being the "Marietta and North Georgia Railroad." Back in the 1870s, Woodstock was well-developed, though unincorporated. The original depot may have been built as early as 1879, but the first written account of it is in 1897. In 1897 the City of Woodstock, with a population of 300, was incorporated and its limits were measured from the depot then in existence.

Woodstock has continued to develop over the years and is now the fastest growing city in Cherokee County, one of the fastest growing counties in the state.