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Past Preservation Projects
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These notable
preservation projects have been completed by the Roswell Historical Society, in keeping with our purpose to "collect
and/or preserve historical sites... and other antiquities... and to arouse in the citizens and friends of Roswell an interest
in Roswell's history..."
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Remains of Ivy/Laurel Woolen Mill
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In 1989,
the Society funded an archaeological dig to locate the foundations of the 1838 Ivy/Laurel Woolen Mill on the Chattahoochee
River. The mill was destroyed by fire on orders from Union General W. T. Sherman in 1864.
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In 1998,
the Society received a donation of a circa 1870 farm house and found a buyer who would move the house from the property which
was to be developed. The house was relocated to a site only one mile away and restored as a private residence, thereby saving
one of the oldest farm houses in the Roswell area.
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Allenbrook From 1984 to
1993 the Society cooperated in a three-way agreement with the
City of Roswell and the National Park Service for the preservation and adaptive use of the pre-Civil War structure as headquarters
for the Roswell Historical Society and a museum. During this time the Society also operated the first Welcome Center
for the city in the building.
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2007 - present, Society volunteers documented every grave in Roswell's three historic cemeteries as participation
in the City of Roswell's "Preserve America" grant requirements.
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