About Us
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Cobb Landmarks is committed to empowering our community with an understanding of the events, people, and places that formed our past, so that we may all strive for a brighter future. We hope that, in doing so, we will inspire the next generation to keep our shared history protected and our memories alive. We appreciate your interest in Cobb Landmarks. Preserving links to the past strengthens the sense of community we all share, creates jobs, brings in tourist dollars, and can revitalize local business districts and neighborhoods. We hope you will join us.
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Advocacy
Cobb Landmarks provides technical assistance to owners of historic properties and advocates preservation issues to elected officials and the media.
Cobb Landmarks advocates for additional funding, tax incentives, and laws aiding preservation efforts. The following summary includes ways in which Cobb Landmarks has recently played an active advocacy role:
Cobb Landmarks advocates for additional funding, tax incentives, and laws aiding preservation efforts. The following summary includes ways in which Cobb Landmarks has recently played an active advocacy role:
- Successfully advocated for the rehabilitation of Marietta's c. 1950 Lemon Street Grammar School, which returned to classroom use.
- Successfully advocated for the rehabilitation of Marietta's c. 1850 Martin Slaughter House, which was returned to residential use.
- Successfully advocated for the rehabilitation of Acworth's c. 1850 Carrie-Dyer House, which was returned to residential use.
- Successfully advocated for the passing of a state bill (HB 851), which strengthens the tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic properties.
- Gave support to Friends of the Strand Theatre, a group working to rebuild the 1935 movie house located in Marietta.
- Contacted legislators to support an increase in state funding for the Georgia Heritage grant program.
Education
Cobb Landmarks reaches thousands of school children through on-site visits to historic sites like the William Root House Museum & Garden, which is owned and operated by Cobb Landmarks. Cobb Landmarks also provides an educational outreach “Traveling Trunk.” This program brings expert historians into elementary school classrooms, engaging students in hands-on learning experiences that encourage an interest in regional history. Filled with artifacts from the 1860s, the trunks provide teachers with a variety of specific Civil War themes for discussion.
In addition, graduate students from Georgia State University and undergraduate students from Kennesaw State University and the University of West Georgia serve as researchers and interns for Cobb Landmarks. Through their experiences, students gain valuable job training and investigative skills that will help to prepare them for careers as preservationists, historians, and city planners. Student efforts have led to the development of a self-guided tour of the Root House’s medicinal herb garden and completion of design guidelines of Marietta’s Kennesaw Avenue Historic District.
In addition, graduate students from Georgia State University and undergraduate students from Kennesaw State University and the University of West Georgia serve as researchers and interns for Cobb Landmarks. Through their experiences, students gain valuable job training and investigative skills that will help to prepare them for careers as preservationists, historians, and city planners. Student efforts have led to the development of a self-guided tour of the Root House’s medicinal herb garden and completion of design guidelines of Marietta’s Kennesaw Avenue Historic District.
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