Edwards Farm, 4477 Cumming Highway (State Route 20), Canton

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The Edwards Farm is located at Cumming Highway/State Route 20 in Cherokee County, Georgia. The resource sits on the north side of the highway and stands just east of Cox Court. The farm is located at latitude: longitude: This point was taken from the center of the Edwards Farm house. It was obtained on April 25, using Google Earth There is no restriction on its release to the public.

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At the time of its construction, the Edwards Farm was one of dozens of small- scale poultry farms within Cherokee County. The expansion of commercial poultry production during the mid-to-late-twentieth century drastically altered the county s agricultural landscape. Small-scale operations could no longer compete and were forced to upgrade, sell, or shutter their farms entirely. As result, these small farms and their associated buildings began to quickly disappear. The Edwards Farm, with its intact landscape and numerous supporting farm buildings stands as a good, if not increasingly rare example of a small-scale, mid-twentieth-century, Cherokee County poultry farm.

1 Historian(s): Marvin Brown, M.A., Senior Architectural Historian, AECOM Sarah Potere, Architectural Historian, AECOM Report Completed December The Edwards Farm was evaluated for eligibility for listing in the National Register using the National Register Criteria for Evaluation as outlined in 36 CFR Part There are no known associations with individuals whose specific contributions to history can be identified and documented with this property. No associations were indicated or suggested as a result of background research on the project area and deed research on the property, in any response to the Department's early consultation correspondence received from consulting parties, or in interviews with the current owners of the property.

Therefore, there was no basis for evaluating the property under Criterion B. Also, there are no indications that the property is likely to yield information on important research questions in history or prehistory. This property does not appear to have the potential to be the principal source of important information. Therefore, there was no basis for evaluating the property under Criterion D. The Edwards Farm was evaluated under Criterion A and appears to possess a local level of significance in the area of agriculture. The property was evaluated within the broader historical context of mid-20th century poultry farming operations in Cherokee County.

The Edwards Farm was evaluated in this context because research suggests that poultry farming played a significant role in the economic and agricultural development of Cherokee County from the end of World War II through the The property is considered eligible in this broader contextual framework because the resource represents one of the few remaining, intact, moderately-sized and family-run poultry farming operations on this section of the project corridor.

Although the house was modified in the the resource as a whole remains largely unchanged since the last structures were built in the Because the outbuildings, chicken houses, and agricultural lands are intact, the Edwards Farm retains the essential physical features that made up the resource s character or appearance during the period of its association with mid-20th century poultry farming operations in Cherokee County. Therefore, the property retains the essential physical features necessary for it to convey its historic identity in the area of agriculture and is considered eligible for inclusion in the National Register under Criterion A. 23 Edwards-Pitman, Historic Resources Survey Report, The report also includes a history, description, and photographs of the Property.

EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 31) The Edwards Farm was also evaluated under Criterion C and appears to possess significance in the area of architecture. The property possesses a house type not identified in Georgia's Living Places: Historic Houses in Their Landscaped Settings but one that is recognizable as mid-twentieth century architecture as well as a number of outbuildings that appear to represent a significant trend in Georgia's architectural history. Some of the buildings have suffered losses to integrity in the areas of materials and workmanship, but the farm as a whole possesses enough integrity to be a good example and convey local significance as a mid-twentieth century poultry farm.

Therefore, the property is considered eligible under Criterion C in the area of architecture. Integrity: The Edwards Farm has been determined to possess integrity in the areas of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. The structures associated with the resource are located on their original sites of construction. Even though there a non-historic house has been constructed on the property and a mobile home has been placed on the property, the overall character of the historic setting is still sufficiently evident due to the retention of the agricultural lands and because the non-historic structures are isolated from the historic resources.

The structures associated with the resource have retained their original form and many of their original design features, as evidenced by the intact fenestration pattern on the house and intact forms and fenestration patterns on the outbuildings. The structures associated with the resource retain most of their original building materials, including the original windows and doors on the house, the original siding and roofing on the outbuildings, and the original window coverings on the chicken houses.

Integrity of workmanship is evidenced by the retention of the frame construction on all structures Because the resource retains many of the original design and material features and the historic, agricultural setting, associated with the architectural type, style, and period of significance, it also retains sufficient integrity of feeling and association."

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The Georgia Department of Transportation is implementing plans to widen State Route 20 from two to six lanes between Scott Road (near Canton) and North Corners Parkway (near Cumming). The project corridor spans 1 Edwards-Pitman, Historic Resources Survey Report The DOE for the Edwards Farm, which is contained within the aforementioned document excerpt, is included in Part 3 of the Supplemental Materials. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 2) approximately miles and falls within Cherokee and Forsyth Counties. As result of this roadway expansion, all or part of the Edwards Farm will be demolished.

Mitigation efforts were explored and a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was devised between the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and the Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer. This Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation (historical narrative report and large format photography) was prepared in accordance with the stipulations of the MOA. Part I: Historical Information A. Physical History 1. Date of erection: The house on the Edwards Farm was constructed ca. according to tax assessor data and an interview with the property owners. 2 2. Architect: Not known. 3.

Original and subsequent owners, occupants, uses: Jay Young Edwards purchased approximately 18 acres, which comprise the former farm s property, on March 3, for 3 According to the current property owners Sandra Edwards Fitts, 2F Michael Y. Edwards, and Karen Edwards Lewis, the children of and his wife, Nellie Kate (Kate) Buffington Edwards he built the house and five of the extant outbuildings on the eponymous Edwards Farm shortly thereafter. In the he reportedly added two additional outbuildings that still stand. 4 By had reduced the size of the farm to an 3F 8.3-acre parcel roughly shaped like a right triangle with its base parallel to Cumming Highway/SR 20 (Figure 3).

5 Edwards operated the property as a poultry farm until 6 He died in and Kate 5 Edwards passed away in 7 In the three children, as co-trustees of their father s estate, transferred the property to themselves as individuals. 8 2 Edwards-Pitman, Cherokee County Tax Assessor, Real Estate Search for Cumming Hw. 3 Cherokee County Deed Book 21/Page 473 4 Edwards-Pitman, 5 Cherokee County Plat Book 13/Page 194 6 Edwards-Pitman, 7 Atlanta Constitution, South Canton Funeral Home website. 8 Cherokee County Deed Book 14401/Page EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 3) The Bell family, from whom Edwards bought the property, had owned it since when Jefferson Bell acquired it from E.W. Coleman. According to the current owners, it was once part of a large farm owned by the Ponder family.

Bullock s county map depicts a "J. Bell and a Ponder living east and west, respectively, of Land Lots 936 and the site of the present-day Edwards Farm. There are no standing resources on the property built prior to so these families had little or no impact on its current appearance. 4. Builder: Not known. 5. Original plans and construction: No original plans, descriptions, or construction information was identified for the house at the Edwards Farm. It presents characteristics of a Ranch House and is a typical design for its location and period of construction. The wood- frame house retains its original one-story height, end-gable roof, and double-pile, rectangular footprint.

It rests on a continuous concrete-block foundation and its original siding has been covered or replaced by vinyl cladding. 6. Alterations and additions: During the and Kate Edwards enclosed the house s original single-bay carport, which extended from its western facade, to create additional interior space. They added the large brick chimney to the north (rear) of the newly enclosed space at this time. Following this enclosure, they constructed a single-bay carport off the western facade, further extending the house s linear footprint. Along with these alterations, they sided the house in vinyl cladding. B. Historical Context Silas U. and Sarah H. Edwards raised their son Edwards on their general farm in the northern Cherokee County community of Ball Ground.

When the federal census was taken, resided on the family farm and identified himself as a farmer. His World War II draft registration card states that his employment was Farming with father. 9 Kate Edwards (ca.1921-2013), the daughter of Robert B. and Maude P. Buffington, was also raised on a farm, in eastern Cherokee County s Free Home community. and Kate had married by January when s father died. At the time of their marriage, they lived at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where was stationed. 10 From until the Edwards Farm raised chickens, the farm product that replaced 9 US Census Bureau and U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records. 10 Atlanta Constitution, on unattributed online family tree states they were married March 10, 505806/facts). EDWARDS FARM HABS No.

GA-2442 (Page 4) cotton as the cash crop in Cherokee County and Upcountry Georgia in the middle third of the twentieth century. 11 Chickens were long a part of farm life in the upcountry and throughout the South, and were initially under the care of farm wives and children. In the the production of broiler chickens became a cash, rather just a domestic, crop. Farmers began to build more and larger chicken houses and take over the decision making from their wives. These decisions in turn were heavily influenced by individuals known as furnishing merchants who controlled much of the industry s necessary goods and capital and, subsequently, by agribusinesses.

By the early according to agricultural historian Monica Richmond Gisolfi, successful furnishing merchants had begun to purchase hatcheries, distribution facilities, and processing plants. Soon they owned every stage of the process, except the poultry houses in which the broilers were raised, which were fast becoming the most expensive and most risky part of the business. 12 In her oral history of the poultry industry in Cherokee County, Smithwick writes: By the early Cherokee County was claiming the title of The Poultry Capital of the World. Every major road into Cherokee County boasted a large sign with a big white chicken on it announcing World s Largest Broiler Producing County.

At the time there were 227 independent growers doing business in Cherokee County 13 As the raising of chickens became dominated by agribusiness through its insistence on contract farming wresting control from and increasing the expenses of farmers many began to withdraw from the practice in Cherokee County and elsewhere in North Georgia and the South. As Johnston writes in her county history, By the the glory get-rich days of the poultry industry were beginning to fade 14 Edwards joined Cherokee County s hundreds of early-1950s broiler producers in when he centered his new farm on chicken raising. The relative sizes of the Edwards two chicken houses reflect the growth of the industry. The smaller of the two (Resource H), built ca. encompasses about square feet.

The larger (Resource G), erected in the is nearly 75 percent larger, containing approximately square feet. After the 11 Gisolfi, The Takeover, Gisolfi, From Crop Lien to Contract Farming, Johnston, Cherokee County, Georgia, Gannon, Georgia s Broiler Industry. 12 Gisolfi, From Crop Lien to Contract Farming, 13 Smithwick, Poultry Pioneers in Cherokee County, 14 Johnston, Cherokee County, Georgia, Gisolfi, From Crop Lien to Contract Farming, Gisolfi, The Takeover. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 5) industry's "glory" days, Edwards continued to raise chickens until he closed his farm in two years before his death. 15 Part II. Architectural Information A. General Statement 1. Architectural character: The Edwards Farm is a small former poultry farming complex comprised of a ca.

residence and seven ancillary resources reportedly erected in the and (Figure 4 through Figure 6). The residence is a single-story Ranch-type house that stands seven-bays wide and two-piles deep. It is built of frame, clad in synthetic vinyl siding, and topped by a side-gabled asphalt-shingled roof. A continuous concrete-block foundation built into a slope supports it. Although the house is plain in its architectural detailing and ornamentation, its linear massing emphasizes the horizontal plains typical of mid-century Ranch house design. The building is consistent with that of the many other modest Ranch houses built along SR 20 between the towns of Canton and Cumming in Forsyth and Cherokee counties in the and 2.

Condition of fabric: The condition of the historic residence on the Edwards Farm is good. The building appears to be structurally sound and its exterior is in good repair. B. Description of Exterior 1. Overall dimensions: The Edwards Farm s residence is one-story tall, seven-bays wide, and two-piles deep. It is linear in plan and is comprised of two sections: an original five-bay eastern block with a centrally placed door, and a two-bay western block composed of the former single-bay carport and a single-bay carport addition (Figure 7). 2. Foundations: A continuous concrete-block foundation supports the house. Set into a slope, a partially exposed basement level is visible on the north (rear) and east (side) facades. 3. Walls: Synthetic vinyl siding clads the building s exterior walls.

This material was added during a renovation. The material of the original siding was not determined. 15 Cherokee County Tax Assessor, Real Estate Search for Cumming Hw. Accessed September at In its Edwards-Pitman s recommended that the Edwards Farm was eligible for National Register of Historic Places listing under Criteria A and C. This recommendation, which places the Property within historical and architectural contexts established by Edwards-Pitman, is included in full at Part III B of this narrative. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 6) 4. Structural system, framing: The structural system of the frame house could not be identified. Its ca. date of construction suggests it was built with a balloon or platform frame. 5.

Porches, stoops, balconies, porticoes, bulkheads: A simple, single-bay, pedimented portico set slightly off center occupies the central bay of the house s south-facing (front) facade. The portico s pediment is clad in vertically laid vinyl siding and supported by two replacement wood posts. 6. Chimneys: The residence features two brick chimneys. A small, original, interior brick chimney rises from the ridgeline between the house s eastern two bays. A second wider brick chimney rises along the north (rear) fa ade of the enclosed carport. It was added during the renovation. 7. Openings a. Doorways and doors: The residence has four exterior doors. Its primary entrance occupies the front facade s central bay and is shaded by the pedimented portico.

The door is a replacement vinyl unit with two large rectangular lights at the top. There is no exterior door surround or molding. A secondary entrance leads from the eastern wall of the open carport into the enclosed former carport. The vinyl door with large rectangular lights was added when the carport was enclosed in the A third vinyl door on the back interior wall of the carport opens into a shallow storage space. A set of solid, double, plywood doors cut into the foundation on the building s east (side) facade provide access to the partially exposed basement level. Exposed crisscrossed battens laid in an X-pattern support the interior faces of the doors. Due to ground erosion, their bottom edges have rotted away. b.

Windows and shutters: The original five-bay front fa ade features four bays of original window bands. They are two-over-two, double-hung, wood-sash comprised of long horizontally laid lights. The two bays east of the door are paired, one higher and shorter indicating an interior private space. The bay directly west of the door is composed of a large picture window divided into four rectangular lights by horizontal muntins. The picture window is flanked on both sides by stacked, two- over-two, double-hung, wood-sash windows. The westernmost bay of the original block is comprised of a band of three original two-over-two, double-hung, wood- sash windows. The easternmost bay holds a set of paired windows of the same type.

A set of paired windows, slightly larger in scale but clearly designed to mimic the EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 7) original window design, are centrally placed on the south (front) facade of the enclosed carport. All windows feature vinyl surrounds and are flanked by fixed vinyl shutters. Windows like those of the front facade are found on the building s three secondary facades. The east (side) facade has two bays above the elevated foundation. The southern bay holds a set of paired windows; the northern bay toward the rear holds a single window. Seven bays punctuate the north (rear) facade above the foundation. Moving from east to west, the first four bays hold single windows of varying heights.

The three bays on the west were added in the late twentieth century following the enclosure of the original carport and construction of its successor. They are similar to the windows incorporated into the south facade of the enclosed carport. The two on both sides of the chimney are narrower than the one at the west end of the facade. Two single-light windows illuminate the basement level on the eastern side of the rear facade. The western facade is marked by the open side wall of the carport. It holds a single window with two-over-two, double- hung sash at its interior west-facing wall. 8. Roof a. Shape, covering: The roof is side-gabled and clad in asphalt shingles. The gabled pediment over the front entry is also asphalt shingled. b.

Cornice, eaves: The house has no cornice and its overhanging eaves are unornamented. C. Description of Interior Interior of the house was not made accessible. D. Site 1. Historic landscape design: The Edwards Farm was a small-scale poultry operation that did not require open crop land from its inception in ca. until it ceased operating in A historic aerial photograph suggests that, in the property was largely wooded, only cleared at its southern section. 16 The roof of the first chicken house and the main residence 15F are visible in that limited-resolution image. Also visible are a cleared area that extended northwest from the residence to the chicken house and a swath of cleared land east of the chicken house.

The property s plat map drawn to show the bounds of the farm s reduced 8.3-acre parcel and note all of its buildings depicts the residence, the chicken house, and the locations of a dug and a drilled well near the house, neither of which remains visible. 16 Netronline aerial. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 8) A aerial photograph depicts the property in much the same configuration as the photograph, but augmented by outbuildings. 17 A aerial documents a similar 16F layout to 18 Indeed, the property appears to have changed little since the mid- 17F remaining cleared around buildings at its south and wooded at its north.

The farm s collection of modest outbuildings and chicken houses, coupled with its historically limited cleared land, reflects its historic use as a small-scale poultry farm. 2. Outbuildings Shed: Located directly behind (north of) the house, the small frame shed built in the early is rectangular and topped with a front-gabled roof clad in metal sheathing. Originally built with wide horizontal boards, it is also sheathed in asphalt sheeting that has deteriorated and pulled away in places. An opening without a door is set off center at the west-facing gable end. Its east gable end is open across its width (Figure 8). Barn or Brooder House: This frame barn or brooder house, erected in the early stands northeast of the small shed.

Wide horizontal boards side its small, principal, gable-front block. Two doors constructed of flush vertical boards within the block s west-facing (front) facade open into two cribs or, more likely, rooms for chicks. Its use as a brooder house is strongly suggested by the horizontal openings set just beneath the eaves on the long side facades, which feature long shutters hinged to swing down and provide maximum ventilation. 19 18F Affixed to the outbuilding s east gable end is a frame shed-roofed extension that holds two rooms divided by an open breezeway for equipment storage. The rooms are sheathed in wide horizontal boards similar to those of the front block. High openings cut into the side walls of the rooms retain chicken wire that suggests they also once held chicks.

The extension is banked into the sloped land. Its west end, at the lowest level of the slope, is bolstered by a concrete- block foundation, which the building otherwise appears to lack. Its shed roof terminates at wide overhanging rafter ends (Figure 9). Garage or Barn: The frame garage, or barn, to the north of the residence stands on what appears to be a concrete slab foundation. Standing-seam metal covers its gable-front roof and facades, as well as the full-height double doors centered in 17 Netronline aerial. 18 Netronline aerial. 19 In its inventory and assessment of the Edwards Farm, Edwards-Pitman called this building a barn and did not suggest that it may built as a brooder house to hold chicks (Edwards-Pitman, EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 9) its north-facing (front) gable.

Rafter tails are extended along its long east and west facades. Weatherboards fill the peaks of its gables. A two-over-two vinyl window is placed near the center of its east (side) facade; two similar asymmetrically placed windows mark the west facade. The south gable end holds a replacement vinyl door that provides direct access from the building to the mechanic s pit just behind it. Although the original survey of the building identified it as appearing to date from the an aerial photograph suggests it was not constructed until after (Figure 10 and Figure 20 19F Mechanic s Pit: The mechanic s pit, or vehicle repair ramp, is located immediately south of the garage. It is formed of concrete-block retaining walls built into the land, which slopes upward on its south.

A deteriorated concrete slab lines the pit s floor. Until at least the pit was completed by a pair of iron vehicle ramps supported by two sets of wooden posts on its north and the top of the retaining wall on its south. The four posts, which look like sections of telephone poles, remain in place. The ramps, onto which a vehicle could be driven and serviced from the pit, have been removed. The original survey of the resource identified this resource as dating to the early An aerial photograph, however, suggests it was constructed after (Figure 21 20F Transverse Crib Barn: This barn, likely erected in the early is located northwest of the shed.

It is a single-story frame building built into the land sloping to its south, which provides it with a partial storage area or basement beneath its south end. Vertical boards cover the facades and the lower level. Exposed rafter tails underpin its front- gabled, standing-seam metal roof. Horizontally laid boards fill its gable peaks. A pair of vertical-board doors are centered in the building s south (front) facade. Its north facade has a windowless opening. The building is heavily deteriorated (Figure Long Chicken House: The long chicken house at the northwestern corner of the farm complex was constructed, according to the survey report, in the It was extant when an aerial photograph of the area was taken in 22 The long linear building 21F rests on a concrete-block foundation.

Its front-gabled roof is underpinned by exposed rafter tails and topped by replacement standing-seam-metal cladding. The south (front) and north (rear) facades of the building are faced with vertical plywood sheets. These facades once had wide openings that have been sealed with standing-seam- 20 Edwards-Pitman, Netronline aerial. 21 Edwards-Pitman, Netronline aerial. 22 Edwards-Pitman, Netronline aerial. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 10) metal sheets. Chicken- wire-filled openings separated by upright posts extend the length of the long east-facing facade. The openings are unbroken but for three asymmetrically placed vertical-board doors. Flush boards top the openings and doors, and fabric curtains connected to a pulley system cover them.

The heavily overgrown west facade appears to have been built with few if any openings. A mechanical pulley system with a hand crank remains in place at the east of the south facade. It was used to raise and lower the curtains that still shield the east facade s openings. Two side- by-side, round, metal grain bins, or hoppers, stand just off the building s southwest corner. Their age could not be determined (Figure 13 through Figure Short Chicken House: Situated to the northwest of the house, the short chicken house was built ca. and is one of, if not the earliest, agricultural buildings on the property. The frame building sits on a concrete-block foundation and is topped by a shallow, standing-seam-metal, gabled roof.

The south-facing gable-front facade is clad in horizontal wood siding, much of which is covered with deteriorating tar paper. The facade has two central pairs of wide double doors made of horizontal wood siding. A plywood door is set into the facade near its eastern edge. At the facade s eastern corner, a mechanical pulley system that was used to raise and lower fabric curtains remains in place. The building s long eastern facade is lined with window openings covered with chicken wire. The openings stretch end-to-end, broken only by supporting posts and intermittently placed doors. They are topped by flush boards and exposed rafter ends; underpinning them are sheets of metal and asphalt sheathing.

The east facade s openings retain some of the fabric curtains associated with the pulley system. The west facade is heavily overgrown and could not be inspected. Views into the building s interior through open windows revealed vertical wooden support posts and dirt floors (Figure 16 and Figure Part III. Sources of Information A. Selected Sources Atlanta Constitution, Edwards, Jay [obituary], February 19, , Edwards, Mr. Silas U. [obituary], January 14, Bullock, W. P. Cherokee County, Georgia map. Athens, GA: Cherokee Map Company, Accessed September at Cherokee County Tax Assessor, Real Estate Search for Cumming Hw. Accessed EDWARDS FARM HABS No.

GA-2442 (Page 11) September at Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc., Historic Resources Survey Report: GDOT Projects and Cherokee and Forsyth Counties (P.I. Nos. HP No. Prepared for Georgia Department of Transportation. Copy on file at GDOT Office of Environmental Services, Atlanta. Gannon, Arthur. Georgia s Broiler Industry. The Georgia Review VI, no. 3 (Fall Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Georgia s Living Places: Historic Houses in Their Landscaped Settings. Atlanta: Historic Preservation Section, Division of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gisolfi, Monica R. The Takeover: Chicken Farming and the Roots of American Agribusiness. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, Gisolfi, Monica Richmond.

From Crop Lien to Contract Farming: the Roots of Agribusiness in the American South, Agricultural History 80, no. 2 Johnston, Rebecca. Cherokee County, Georgia, a History. Cherokee County Historical Society. Messick, Denise P., Joseph, and Natalie P. Adams. Tilling the Earth: Georgia s Historic Agricultural Heritage- A Context. Electronic resource accessed August and available at Netronline. Historic Aerials: Cherokee County. Electronic resource accessed September at New South Associates. The Ranch House in Georgia: Guidelines for Evaluation. Electronic resource accessed April at Smithwick, Karen Manous. Poultry Pioneers in Cherokee County, Georgia. Cherokee County Historical Society, South Canton Funeral Home website. Obituary for Nellie Kate Edwards (Buffington).

Accessed October at Edwards- Nellie/1751253/obituary.php. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 12) U.S. Census Bureau, Fifteenth Census of the United States, Accessed September at Accessed September at www.ancestry.com. , Sixteenth Census of the United States, Accessed September at Accessed September at www.ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, Accessed October at https://www.ancestry.com/. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 13) Part IV. Supplemental Material Figure 1: Edwards Farm Location Map. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 14) Figure 2: Edwards Farm Site Map. EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 15) Figure 3: Edwards Farm parcel map depicting house north of then Cumming Highway right- of-way, poultry house, and 8.3-acre extent of property.

(Source: Cherokee County Plat Book 2/Page EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 16) Figure 4: Context view from north side of SR 20 toward Short Chicken House, Garage, and the House. View looking north. (Photograph by Rob Tucher, September EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 17) Figure 5: Context view along the south (front) facade of the Short Chicken House toward the House. View looking east. (Photograph by Rob Tucher, September EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 18) Figure 6: Context view from northern section of parcel toward Large Chicken House and Garage. View looking southwest. (Photograph by Rob Tucher, September EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 19) Figure 7: House south (front) facade. View looking north. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No.

GA-2442 (Page 20) Figure 8: Oblique view of Shed, south (front) and east facades (west and north facades completely overgrown). View looking northwest. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 21) Figure 9: Oblique view of the Barn or Brooder House, east (rear) and south (side) facades. View looking northeast. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 22) Figure 10: Oblique view of the Garage or Barn west (side) and south (rear) facades, with Mechanic s Pit in foreground. View looking northeast. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 23) Figure 11: Context view of Garage or Barn. View looking northwest. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No.

GA-2442 (Page 24) Figure 12: Oblique view of the Transverse Crib Barn, west (front) facade. View looking east. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 25) Figure 13: Context view along the east (side) facade of the Long Chicken House, with curtains in place, toward the Barn or Brooder House. View looking south. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 26) Figure 14: Oblique view of the Long Chicken House, south (front) and east (side) facades showing curtain pulley system and cables at building s southeast corner. View looking northwest. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 27) Figure 15: Context view of Long Chicken House. View looking west. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No.

GA-2442 (Page 28) Figure 16: The Short Chicken House, south (front) facade. View looking north. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 29) Figure 17: Interior view, Short Chicken House. View looking north. (Photograph by Sarah Potere, July EDWARDS FARM HABS No. GA-2442 (Page 30) Recommendation and Assessment of Eligibility 23 "National Register Recommendation: The property is considered Eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register Criteria and Level of