HPC12-19, 647 Atlanta St., Josh Barnes, Orkin & Associates, LLC
Item Summary:
Applicant is requesting approval for demolition of structure.
Staff Report:
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends denial of the application for complete demolition of 647 Atlanta Street.
Issue
The applicant is proposing to demolish the structures located at 11 Maple Street and 647 Atlanta Street. These two properties are located adjacent to one another, but are on separate parcels; therefore two separate applications and two separate Staff reports are before the HPC. No application for new construction has been submitted for either lot.
History
The structure located at 647 Atlanta Street was constructed prior to 1871 according to the John Ward 5/5 Property Map of 1871. The 2001 Historic Properties Survey classified the property as "Historic." It is located within the National Register District, as well as the local historic district. According to Elaine DeNiro, the City Archivist, 647 Atlanta Street was built for a Dr. T. R. Greer. A police officer, Sherman Holmes, lived in the home from 1918 to 1925 according to the 1920s census and used the root cellar as a jail cell on one occasion. The street was called Cemetery Street at that time.
The two-story frame structure is clad in clapboard siding and a composition roof. Window configurations vary, with a majority being 6/6 and 9/9. Two brick fireplace are located on the interior of the structure, but are no longer visible from the street (terminate in attic). Construction techniques and materials, such as dry-stacked stone foundations, debarked logs and locally fired bricks, suggest that this property was owner built in a vernacular, Georgia Cottage style. It is hypothesized that the original structure consisted of a central hallway with two rooms on either side and a detached dependency on the east (area filled in and now connected). Georgian Cottages were one of the most popular house types in Georgia, with a majority...
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