Historic Sites in Cobb County, Georgia

Friday, October 21, 2011

4th Corps Posted Along the River

LOCATION: N 33°52.199 W 084°27.344 Just North of the exit to the West Palisades area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on Cobb Parkway (Hwy 41).

Akers Mill

Akers Mill is located in the West Palisades Area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The first 2 pictures were taken in 2003 prior to the building of the Rottenwood Creek/Bob Callan Trails. The last picture was taken towards the mill location from the Trail.

Akers Mill from 2003

On the Bob Callan/Rottenwood Creek Trail headed towards Akers Mill

Looking towards Akers Mill from the Rottenwood Creek Trail.

LOCATION: N 33°53.169 W 084°27.246 West Palisades Area of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Vinings Pavilion

Vinings was the ideal spot for the Western & Atlantic railroad to build an open air recreation hall in 1864, on the corner of Mountain Street and Ranch Road. It was a popular destination for young couples who would come from Atlanta by train or carriage to picnic and dance away the day until the early 1900s.
In the mid-1940's Hardy Pace's great-great granddaughter Earle Carter Smith bought the Pavilion. Windows were added and the Pavilion served as home to Atlanta's finest antique dealers until the Vinings Historic Preservation Society rescued it from destruction in 1995. In 1996, the Pavilion was moved to its current location alongside the Pace House. (Information from Vinings Historic Preservation Society)

LOCATION: N 33°51.997 W 084°27.864 Located in downtown Vinings.

Hardy Pace's House

This historic house was built with the remains of the 17-room antebellum home of Vinings founder Hardy Pace. The house served as General Sherman's temporary headquarters where he planned the siege of Atlanta. Hardy's son, Solomon Pace, returned home after the Civil War to find the home in ruins. Sometime between 1865 and 1874, Solomon painstakingly rebuilt the home—albeit more modestly—from doors, windows and remnants of several small cabins that survived the fire of the main house. (Information from Vinings Historic Preservation Society)

LOCATION: N 33°51.997 W 084°27.864 Located in downtown Vinings.