Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Manufacturing textiles from raw cotton required many different processes. Each process required the use of specialized machinery.
The Roswell Manufacturing Company purchased local cotton that was hauled to the factory n wagons by area farmers. . . . — — Map (db m228197) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
After the Civil War, the 1839 factory was not rebuilt. According to a letter written by Barrington King to his son Ralph Browne King, it was decided that only the 1854 mill would be reconstructed. The foundation of the newer mill was good and the . . . — — Map (db m228108) HM
On South Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9) 0.2 miles north of Riverside Road, on the right.
circa 1840, built of handmade brick. Originally home and office of the Lauren Woolen Mill; Near Allenbrook is historic site of Laurel Woolen Mill (burned by Sherman’s Forces); Lovers Rock, popular antebellum picnic spot. — — Map (db m108987) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street when traveling south.
In 1832, the State of Georgia held a lottery to distribute land located north of the Chattahoochee River. This land was formerly part of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Indians were removed to land west of the Mississippi over the route, which . . . — — Map (db m227728) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
July 3, 16, 1864, McPherson's Army of the Tenn. formed the right of the Federal forces operating south of Kennesaw Mountain.
After Johnston's forces withdrew S. of the Chattahoochee, July 9, Sherman shifted his forces to river crossings N. of . . . — — Map (db m171823) HM
On Marietta Road (Georgia Route 120) at Barrington Drive, on the right when traveling east on Marietta Road.
Barrington King, co-founder of Roswell with his father, Roswell King, for whom the town is named, selected this spot for his home, which is in the Greek Revival style of architecture. Willis Ball, a carpenter from Connecticut, was the builder. After . . . — — Map (db m16647) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard at Pratt Street, on the right when traveling south on Mimosa Boulevard.
Built for D.H. Bradley by noted Atlanta architect Neel Reid, a Roswell resident from 1917-1926. The home exhibits Reid’s sense of scale and proportion. A later occupant was Charles Newton, a teacher at Roswell High School for 28 years and the . . . — — Map (db m109193) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard at Bulloch Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Mimosa Boulevard.
Built in the early 1840's by Major James Stephen Bulloch. His second wife, married in 1832, was Martha Elliott. Their second daughter, Martha (Mittie) Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt married here in 1853. Their son Theodore Roosevelt was the 25th . . . — — Map (db m55963) HM
On Canton Street at Woodstock Road, on the right on Canton Street.
Home of Charles Jefferson Perry who organized the Citizens Bank of Roswell and developed the north Roswell business district along present-day Canton Street in the late 19th Century. — — Map (db m109118) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, the Roswell Manufacturing Company produced supplies for the Confederate States of America. The cotton mills were filling orders for muslin, rope, and cotton duck cloth for tents. Further downstream, Ivy Mills, owned by James . . . — — Map (db m228111) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Henry Merrell, assistant agent for the Roswell Manufacturing Company, kept a journal describing his experiences in the town of Roswell from 1839 through 1845. In 1839, he made the following remark about the foundation of the mill:
Upon my . . . — — Map (db m228110) HM
On Sloan Street, 0.6 miles east of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east.
This cemetery, the first in Roswell, was burying ground of the village from 1840 to 1860. Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Roswell’s founder, Roswell King; Major James Stephens Bulloch, grandfather of president Theodore Roosevelt and . . . — — Map (db m21712) HM
On Goulding Place, 0.1 miles west of Canton Street, on the left when traveling west.
Francis Robert Goulding, author, clergyman, inventor, lived in this house at the time of his death, August 22, 1881, and is buried in the Roswell Presbyterian Cemetery. The son of Rev. Thomas Goulding, founder and first president of the Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m10860) HM
On Azalea Drive, 0.1 miles west of Roswell Road (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
July 9, 1864. Roswell bridge, having been destroyed by the retreating Confederates, Garrard’s cav. [US] waded the river at Shallow Ford in face of opposition from the south side.
Wilder’s brigade (Miller, commanding) led off ~ its 4 regiments . . . — — Map (db m33557) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard, 0.2 miles north of Marietta Highway (Georgia Route 120), on the left when traveling north.
The Reverend Nathaniel A. Pratt, first minister of the Roswell Presbyterian Church. During the Civil War, Union troops camped here in 1864 while occupying Roswell on their way to Atlanta. — — Map (db m109145) HM
On Hembree Road, 0.1 miles west of Upper Hembree Road, on the left when traveling west.
In the 1830s, Amariah Hembree brought his family here from South Carolina to farm the former Cherokee lands. His son, James, a carpenter, built this house. James’ brother Elihu and his descendants lived on this land for 8 generations. They raised . . . — — Map (db m109380) HM
On Azalea Drive at Club Drive, on the right when traveling west on Azalea Drive.
At this point the noted Hightower (Etowah) Indian Trail crossed today’s Azalea Drive. With connections from Charleston, via Augusta, the old thoroughfare ran through this section to reach the Indian towns of present - day northwest Georgia. The . . . — — Map (db m33436) HM
On Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9) at Park Square Court, on the right when traveling south on Atlanta Street. Reported permanently removed.
For years called “The Park,” this area was set aside by Roswell’s founders. Present walks duplicate original paths. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke here from a bandstand in 1905. Historic Roswell Square Bicentennial Restoration . . . — — Map (db m112081) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard near Park Square Court, on the right when traveling south.
Greek Revival raised-cottage-style home of Savannah cotton broker Robert Adams Lewis. His wife was Catharine Barrington, as niece of town founder Roswell King. A later resident was noted author Evelyn Hanna, whose 1938 novel Blackberry Winter . . . — — Map (db m109119) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.5 miles east of Roswell Road, on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African
Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt
today. After slavery ended, many white people remained committed
to racial hierarchy . . . — — Map (db m171842) HM
On Azalea Drive, 0.1 miles west of Roswell Road (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
Here, in 1824, Jacob R. Brooks established a ferry at Shallow Ford where the old Hightower Trail crossed the Chattahoochee.
July 10, 1864. Dodge’s 16th A.C., after a forced march of 27 mi. from the Sandtown Rd. (near Mableton), via Marietta, . . . — — Map (db m33560) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
The machinery in the turbine housing, the wheel pit, and the tailrace are still visible in front of this panel. These items record the growth and development of the Roswell Manufacturing Company from the 1850s until the last generator was silenced . . . — — Map (db m228277) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Mills were located along rivers or creeks that were typically shallow with rapids providing swift flowing waterpower to the machinery in the mill. A dam was used to concentrate the flow of water in a reservoir or mill pond.
Construction of a . . . — — Map (db m228278) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Mill workers were generally poor white tenant farmers who sought to better their condition. They desired the stable employment and steady wages that resulted from working in a mill.
It was not uncommon for entire families, including children, . . . — — Map (db m228199) HM
On Canton Street at Thompson Place, on the right when traveling north on Canton Street.
Two sisters, Miss Sallie Kimball and Mrs. V.L. Williams lived in this house which operated as the first boarding house in Roswell for a period of time. It had six bedrooms, each with a coal burning fireplace. Visiting ministers were welcome to come . . . — — Map (db m109213) HM
On Canton Street, 0.1 miles south of Woodstock Road, on the left when traveling south.
Built by Barrington King for Roswell Manufacturing Company textile mills manager H.W. Proudfoot. The columned portico and porte-cochere were added and the house enlarged in the 1920s by Harrison Broadwell. The house is named for his mother’s family. — — Map (db m109009) HM
On Woodstock Road at Alpharetta Highway (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling west on Woodstock Road.
This cemetery is located on the site of the Mt. Carmel Methodist Church which was established in 1836.
The church was a log cabin built on the highest point of these cemetery grounds. It no longer stands. Many early settlers of the Roswell area . . . — — Map (db m109593) HM
On Mill Street, 0.1 miles south of Sloan Street, in the median.
Original mill destroyed by General Sherman’s forces in 1864. Mill rebuilt on present site in 1882. Destroyed by lightning in 1929. Rebuilt and continued operation until July, 1975. — — Map (db m109236) HM
On Pleasant Hill Street at Pleasant Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Pleasant Hill Street.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 when Amariah Hembree organized Lebanon Baptist Church in his home near the town of Lebanon, Georgia. Church records show that Burl Hembree, a negro slave, was ordained to preach and . . . — — Map (db m109271) HM
On Old Roswell Place, 0.1 miles north of Old Roswell Road, on the right when traveling north.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 in the Lebanon Baptist Church. Sometime after 1847 the Black congregation of that church organized the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on a site near this cemetery. The church building . . . — — Map (db m109255) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard, 0.1 miles Marietta Highway (Georgia Route 120), on the left when traveling north.
Primrose Cottage was the first permanent residence constructed in Roswell. Built for Eliza King Hand, a daughter of town founder Roswell King, the home features a hand-turned fence executed by an English craftsman. The house was designed by . . . — — Map (db m109142) HM
On Sloan Street at Mill Street, on the right when traveling east on Sloan Street.
Chattahoochee River water power caused Roswell King to establish a town here in 1837. He had a cotton mill in operation by 1839. By 1853 two cotton mills, a woolen mill, flour mill, and tannery were in operation, employing two hundred and fifty . . . — — Map (db m21713) HM
Near Marietta Highway (Georgia Route 120) at South Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9).
1839 “He was founder of the village which bears his name. 1939
A man of great energy, industry and perseverance; of rigid
Integrity, truth and justice. He early earned and long enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow men.” . . . — — Map (db m111633) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, the cotton mills produced sheeting, tenting, yarn, and rope for the Confederate War effort. Barrington King invested heavily in Confederate bonds on behalf of the Roswell Manufacturing Company.
On the 5th of July 1864, . . . — — Map (db m228279) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
In 1839, 15 Presbyterian men and women, 'members of the colony' of Roswell, invited the Rev. Nathaniel A. Pratt, D.D., of Darien, to organize the first Presbyterian church of Roswell. These charter members included the Bulloch, Dunwody, Hand, King, . . . — — Map (db m9174) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard at Bulloch Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Mimosa Boulevard.
The Square was part of town founder Roswell King’s original town plan and is the center of the Roswell Historic District. The District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. President Theodore Roosevelt visited Roswell, his . . . — — Map (db m112003) HM
On North Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9) at Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Atlanta Street.
In this cemetery lie some of Roswell’s leading early citizens, most of whom came here from Georgia’s coastal counties: Francis Robert Goulding (1810-1881), clergyman, inventor, author of The Young Marooners and other juvenile classics; . . . — — Map (db m70425) HM
On Pleasant Hill Street south of Oak Street, on the right when traveling south.
By 1841, the Roswell Presbyterian Church established this cemetery some 300 feet behind their sanctuary. At that time, Atlanta Street did not exist. Its first internment occurred in 1841, and the cemetery has been owned and maintained by the Roswell . . . — — Map (db m227698) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
1839 Mill - The 1839 Mill was a three-story brick structure, measuring 88 feet by 48 feet. It was destroyed by Union soldiers in 1864 and was never rebuilt. All that remains are portions of a rock wall that served as part of the tailrace and . . . — — Map (db m227974) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Roswell King’s primary objective from the very beginning was to establish a textile industry in the area.
In 1835, Roswell King purchased Land Lot #416 in the 1st District, 2nd Section, the location of the first cotton mill. Site preparations . . . — — Map (db m227978) HM
In 1838, Archibald and Anne Smith left their home in coastal Georgia and, along with five other families, became founding citizens of the tiny community of Roswell, located on what was then the Georgia frontier. In 1845 they constructed their . . . — — Map (db m70057) HM
On Magnolia Street at Mimosa Boulevard, on the right on Magnolia Street.
Site of the home of Roswell King, the founder of Roswell, Georgia. A now-vanished large log dwelling sheltered King, his family, and friends until their own homes could be built in the new village. He died in 1844 before building a permanent home . . . — — Map (db m109192) HM
On Canton Street, 0.1 miles south of Woodstock Road, on the right when traveling north.
Originally constructed by a Cherokee Indian as a one room cottage with a fireplace. It was enlarged and the front entrance turned to face Canton Street in the early 1900s. The house was occupied for many years by Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Fowler, . . . — — Map (db m109212) HM
On Goulding Place, 0.1 miles west of Canton Street, on the right when traveling west.
Once called Colonial Place this became the home of author, inventor, naturalist, and retired Presbyterian minister Dr. Francis R. Goulding (1810-1881) of Liberty County. In 1842 he built the first practical sewing machine, but never secured a patent . . . — — Map (db m113942) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Vickery Creek (also known as Big Creek) is a 26.5 mile-long stream in Forsyth and Fulton Counties. It is named after Charlotte Vickery, a Cherokee, who owned extensive property near its headwaters in Forsyth County in the nineteenth century. The . . . — — Map (db m228113) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Now named Big Creek, this waterway was historically known as Vickery Creek. The creek was named for Charlotte Vickery, a Cherokee woman, who owned a farm along the creek’s headwaters in Forsyth County during the 1830s.
For over 140 years, the . . . — — Map (db m227973) HM
On Sloan Street at Mill Street, on the right when traveling east on Sloan Street.
Erected in 1839 for workers in the Roswell Cotton Mill, these apartments were the first built in the South and are believed to be the oldest in the United States. They served briefly as a hospital for wounded Federal soldiers in 1864. The Roswell . . . — — Map (db m21730) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road.
General Winfield Scott put the Cherokee removal into action in 1838. The Cherokee remained in their homes despite continuous warnings and directives to gather at the forts. “Cherokees! The President of the United States has sent me with a . . . — — Map (db m171956) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road.
In 1838, the majority of the Cherokees, approximately 12,000, were forced onto the “Trail of Tears”. Only about 8,000 made it to the new Cherokee Nation – what is now called Tehlequah, Oklahoma. After being imprisoned for several . . . — — Map (db m171953) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road.
This monument is a memorial to the Cherokees who were driven from their land and their homes against their will in 1838. Thousands died on the Nunna-da-ul-tsun-yi, commonly translated as “The Trail of Tears”. Roswell honors the Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m171958) HM
On Oak Street, 0.1 miles east of Myrtle Street, on the left when traveling east.
Land for Waller Park was given to fulton County in 1946 by James Isaac Wright in memory of his uncle, J.H. Wright, who had founded and operated (1896-1913) a water-powered pants factory on this site under the name of the Oxbow Falls Manufacturing . . . — — Map (db m113046) HM
On Oak Street, 0.1 miles east of Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1946, James Isaac Wright donated and deeded 16.1 acres of land to Fulton County for a public swimming pool and park. This site was named Waller Park in memory of his uncle, J. H. “Pony “ Waller, founder of Oxbow Falls Manufacturing . . . — — Map (db m113148) HM
On Willeo Road, 0.2 miles west of Coleman Road, on the left when traveling west.
Named after a well known local Native American, Willeo, who lived along present-day Willeo Creek in the early 1800s. According to legend, he may have been an original church member. Willeo Baptist has played an important role in the Christian life . . . — — Map (db m109387) HM
On Zion Circle, 0.1 miles Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling north.
Organized in 1871, by a group of dedicated African-American Christians, on land donated by white members of Lebanon Baptist Church was established at 929 Zion Circle, Roswell, Georgia as a one-story structure that also housed a school.
Zion . . . — — Map (db m108801) HM
