Notable buildings in the district include: • Kennesaw House (c.1845), 21 Depot St., a hotel on the
L&N railway. In 1862 this was the Fletcher House hotel where
Andrews' Raiders stayed the night before commandeering
The General and setting off the
Great Locomotive Chase. It later became a Confederate hospital, then was occupied by Union soldiers until it partially burned, then was returned to use as a hotel. • McLellan-Birney House, (c. 1870); Church Street at Kennesaw Avenue (photo #11) neo-classical. It was the childhood home of
Alice McLellan Birney (1858 – 1907) American educator who co-founded the National
Parent-Teacher Association in 1897. Hansell also lived in
Mimosa Hall, in
Roswell, in what is now the NRHP-listed
Roswell Historic District. • "Fair Oaks", or Garden Center House (c. 1852), 505 Kennesaw Avenue (photo #8), "has an unusual design with a high and broad gabled front facade with a first floor classical style porch and the Victorian detail on the second floor." • "Oakton", or Wilder-Ariderson-Goodman House (c. 1838), 581 Kennesaw Avenue, "is mid-Victorian in appearance, but was originally Greek Revival with single-story circular columns across the front porch." ==Notes==