Peachtree Gardens Club Building Historical Preservation
Department of Natural Resources Correspondence File
At the August 17 meeting about the Clubhouse, an NBCA web publisher [Gordon Certain]
asked one of the presenters Jeff Durbin of the Georgia Department Department of Natural
Resources for a copy of a consultant's report about the Clubhouse which he mentioned in
his presentation.
| Jeff sent me not only the consultant's report but, apparently, his entire
file on the subject. I have photoed every document in this file and all of it is
available here. |
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A note of caution so you won't waste time you don't have -- I have compressed the
photos but there are 17 pages and it may take a long time to load every one of these
images. For people with 14.4 modems, expect no better than 10 minutes of load
time. For 28.8, expect 5 minutes. For 56K, expect 3. If you have access
to a T1 line, ASDL or cable modem, have fun.
I have sized the photos so they will just barely fit the width of a 640x480 screen.
This degrades the image quality somewhat, but the documents should be readable and
look pretty good when printed.
Map of the Peachtree Garden Club Site
From February 19, 1998 report by consultant historian Nicholas G. Theos
of EDWARDS-PITMAN ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. to Mark D Gropp, P.E. and Rosser Lowe
Note that there are some errors in these reports. For instance, the
above map shows Buff Drive as Bluff Drive. It also shows "dense
underbrush" where in the wintertime, an additional building, a multi-car garage
complete with at least one [presumably inoperable] vehicle, and piles of construction
materials, etc. can be seen. Also note "Mountain Place" which is, at most,
a dirt road.
Correspondence Outline
Click on the date to view the article.
 | February 19, 1998 report by consultant
historian Nicholas G. Theos (Edwards-Pitman Environment, Inc.) to Mark D Gropp, P.E. and
Rosser Lowe (Rosser Lowe, a division of Rosser International, Inc: Consulting Engineers) - six images
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| April 1, 1998 Letter by David R. Bennett
(Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division) to Daniel
Caprioli (Army Corps of Engineers) - one image
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| May 19, 1998 Letter by Richard Clous (Georgia
Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division) to Daniel Caprioli (Army
Corps of Engineers) - one image
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| June 18, 1998 Article in Atlanta Journal
Constitution: "Dance hall's a step from doom" - one image
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| June 24, 1998 Letter by Louis Reyaud (Peachtree
Garden Development, Inc.) to Jeff Durbin (Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Historic Preservation Division) - one image
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| June 30, 1998 Letter by Richard Clous (Georgia
Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division) to Arthur Middleton (Army
Corps of Engineers) - two images
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| July 8, 1998 Letter by Mark Gropp (Rosser Lowe,
a division of Rosser International, Inc Consulting Engineers) to Arthur Middleton (Army
Corps of Engineers) - one image
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| July 10, 1998 Letter by Daniel Caprioli (Army
Corps of Engineers) to Mark Gropp (Rosser Lowe, a division of Rosser International, Inc:
Consulting Engineers) - two images
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" ... In view of the currently unresolved issues and information
requested for determination of appropriate mitigation procedures for the identified
historic structure, we must reiterate, as indicated in our Nationwide Permit verification
letter of May 07, 1998, that commencement of construction activities in the wetlands under
our jurisdiction may not proceed until the current issues regarding
compliance with the National Preservation Act have been resolved." ...
| July 13, 1998 Letter by Richard Clous (Georgia
Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division) to Arthur Middleton (Army
Corps of Engineers) - two images
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