Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society

Properties | Preservation Priorities

 

Preservation Priority List Alumnus

Cowen Farmstead
Cowan Road, Acworth

 

 

The farmstead, built in 1854 by Stephen D. Cowen, is believed to be one of the oldest house in Acworth. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the property is in the Plantation Plain form, common in antebellum Acworth and Cobb but rare today. Other examples of Plantation Plain houses in Cobb are the Root House Museum in Marietta and the Mable House in Mableton. The Acworth Society for Historic Preservation (ASHP) was the steward of the Cowen Farmstead for over a decade and completed extensive documentation and research on the property. The property was deeded to ASHP in 1998 after the owner-developer was advised of the historic significance of the property. Since that time, the property documentation activities that have been completed include a historic structures report, an archaeological survey, measured architectural drawings, and a preservation plan. The property has been listed on the local, Georgia and National Registers. In 2005, the property was donated to the Georgia Trust and placed in its Endangered Properties program. Since that time, the Trust has completed a $295,000 exterior stabilization project on the Cowen Farmstead.

 

 

Outcome:

 

The Cowen Farmstead was donated by The Acworth Society for Historic Preservation (ASHP) to The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation (GTHP) in 2005. As part of a local, county, and state partnership, Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society negotiated the property transfer, developed a letter of understanding regarding rehabilitation and partner roles, and worked with GTHP and ASHP to preserve the property. The Georgia Trust completed a $285,000 exterior stabilization project on the Cowen House and placed it in its Endangered Properties Program, which markets historic properties to preservation-minded buyers. In March 2009, the Cowen House was sold to Integrated Science Technology (IST), an environmental engineering firm, which will complete the interior rehabilitation of the property. The Cowen House will become the company’s new corporate headquarters, and the property will return to active use after more than a decade.

 

 

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"Graduates” of our List

• Bostwick-Fraser House
• Cowen Farmstead

 

 

• Root House
• Power Cabin
• Preservation Priorities