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Every photograph on this guide is a real, credited photo or historic record of Roswell, Georgia or the Chattahoochee, used under its licence. The film on the home page is cut from these photographs with slow pans and dissolves; nothing in it is generated. Each credit links to the original.

Last checked October 18, 2026

  • Dusk view along a brick-paved sidewalk lined with stacked black café chairs, tables and closed white patio umbrellas under a timber-framed awning; above it rises a two-storey red-brick building with a white Victorian-style upper gallery, glowing iron lamp posts and an American flag. Across the street a low row of brick storefronts is strung with holiday lights and red bows, a black sedan turns at the corner, and a street sign on the right reads "Webb St" / "Canton St" with a "Webb St Shops" arrow. Bare winter trees, pale pink sky.

    Dusk view along a brick-paved sidewalk lined with stacked black café chairs, tables and closed white patio umbrellas under a timber-framed awning; above it rises a two-storey red-brick building with a white Victorian-style upper gallery, glowing iron lamp posts and an American flag. Across the street a low row of brick storefronts is strung with holiday lights and red bows, a black sedan turns at the corner, and a street sign on the right reads "Webb St" / "Canton St" with a "Webb St Shops" arrow. Bare winter trees, pale pink sky.

    Photograph File:Downtown Roswell GA, Dec 2016 2.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2016-12-25. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Early-evening street scene: an empty two-lane street with double yellow lines and a brick-paved sidewalk on the right. On the left stands a two-storey red-brick building with arched upper windows and a columned front porch, with a patio of black tables and closed red umbrellas; a tan clapboard building is beside it. On the right are an iron lamp post, a green "East Alley Parking" sign, an Adopt-a-Road sign and a "Baha'i Faith" direction sign, and a hanging shop sign reading "Spirited" under a red-posted porch. One car with its headlights on approaches, and bare trees stand against an overcast sky.

    Early-evening street scene: an empty two-lane street with double yellow lines and a brick-paved sidewalk on the right. On the left stands a two-storey red-brick building with arched upper windows and a columned front porch, with a patio of black tables and closed red umbrellas; a tan clapboard building is beside it. On the right are an iron lamp post, a green "East Alley Parking" sign, an Adopt-a-Road sign and a "Baha'i Faith" direction sign, and a hanging shop sign reading "Spirited" under a red-posted porch. One car with its headlights on approaches, and bare trees stand against an overcast sky.

    Photograph File:Downtown Roswell GA, Dec 2016 1.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2016-12-25. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Symmetrical front view of a one-storey slate-blue clapboard cottage with white trim, a rust-red metal porch roof, a bright cobalt-blue front door and house number 1159. A stone path leads up through clipped boxwoods to the porch. A sign in the right window reads "Raiford Gallery, Contemporary Jewelry, Art & Craft" with an A-frame "Open Tuesday to Saturday" board beside it. A small black plaque by the door is titled "The Fowler House". Bare and budding trees stand against a clear blue sky.

    Symmetrical front view of a one-storey slate-blue clapboard cottage with white trim, a rust-red metal porch roof, a bright cobalt-blue front door and house number 1159. A stone path leads up through clipped boxwoods to the porch. A sign in the right window reads "Raiford Gallery, Contemporary Jewelry, Art & Craft" with an A-frame "Open Tuesday to Saturday" board beside it. A small black plaque by the door is titled "The Fowler House". Bare and budding trees stand against a clear blue sky.

    Photograph File:Raiford Gallery, Roswell GA.jpg by John Phelan, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2026-03-19. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Front of a small cream clapboard cottage with a gabled entry and a wooden pergola. A large sign reads "Canton Street Farmers Market" with house number 1207 below it. The front door is open, and there are two mint-green metal chairs and a little table on the porch, an "OPEN" sign and a "Local Honey for Sale" sign in the windows, and a "Parking reserved for Canton Street Farmers Market customers" sign on a post. Two silver cars are parked on the gravel in front. A big magnolia and bare trees stand behind under a clear blue sky.

    Front of a small cream clapboard cottage with a gabled entry and a wooden pergola. A large sign reads "Canton Street Farmers Market" with house number 1207 below it. The front door is open, and there are two mint-green metal chairs and a little table on the porch, an "OPEN" sign and a "Local Honey for Sale" sign in the windows, and a "Parking reserved for Canton Street Farmers Market customers" sign on a post. Two silver cars are parked on the gravel in front. A big magnolia and bare trees stand behind under a clear blue sky.

    Photograph File:Canton Street Farmers Market, Roswell GA.jpg by John Phelan, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2026-03-19. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A long two-storey brick row building painted grey with white trim, white pedimented door hoods, white stair railings and two brick chimneys on a pale roof, set behind a sloping lawn and a brick sidewalk. A green-and-gold Georgia historical marker in front reads "The Old Bricks". A young bare-branched tree is on the left, a large pine overhangs the right, a blue tarp hangs in one doorway, and overhead power lines cross a clear blue sky.

    A long two-storey brick row building painted grey with white trim, white pedimented door hoods, white stair railings and two brick chimneys on a pale roof, set behind a sloping lawn and a brick sidewalk. A green-and-gold Georgia historical marker in front reads "The Old Bricks". A young bare-branched tree is on the left, a large pine overhangs the right, a blue tarp hangs in one doorway, and overhead power lines cross a clear blue sky.

    Photograph File:RoswellBricks.JPG by JT, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2007-04-29. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A stone-paved path leads between low clipped hedges to a tall granite obelisk fountain with water spouting from its base, in a leafy park ringed by large oaks in early autumn colour. On the left, trees are wrapped in bright knitted yarn and a red-ribboned holiday tree stands near a flagpole with an American flag. On the right edge, a cream half-timbered Tudor-style building with red patio umbrellas and parked cars is visible beyond a black iron fence. Overcast sky.

    A stone-paved path leads between low clipped hedges to a tall granite obelisk fountain with water spouting from its base, in a leafy park ringed by large oaks in early autumn colour. On the left, trees are wrapped in bright knitted yarn and a red-ribboned holiday tree stands near a flagpole with an American flag. On the right edge, a cream half-timbered Tudor-style building with red patio umbrellas and parked cars is visible beyond a black iron fence. Overcast sky.

    Photograph File:Roswell GA Town Square, Nov 2017.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2017-11-12. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A black wrought-iron hanging sign beside an iron fence, under a leafy tree canopy, reads: "Roswell Town Square, circa 1840. The Square was part of town founder Roswell King's original town plan and is the center of the Roswell Historic District. The District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. President Theodore Roosevelt visited Roswell, his mother's girlhood home, in 1905 and addressed the citizens of Roswell from a bandstand on the Square. Roswell Historical Society". Beyond it, a yellow pedestrian-crossing sign, a street with parked SUVs, and the porch of a stone-and-stucco Tudor-style building with Adirondack chairs.

    A black wrought-iron hanging sign beside an iron fence, under a leafy tree canopy, reads: "Roswell Town Square, circa 1840. The Square was part of town founder Roswell King's original town plan and is the center of the Roswell Historic District. The District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. President Theodore Roosevelt visited Roswell, his mother's girlhood home, in 1905 and addressed the citizens of Roswell from a bandstand on the Square. Roswell Historical Society". Beyond it, a yellow pedestrian-crossing sign, a street with parked SUVs, and the porch of a stone-and-stucco Tudor-style building with Adirondack chairs.

    Photograph File:RoswellTownSquareHistoricalMarker1.jpg by Roswell native, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-10-04. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • High overhead view in bright late-spring sun: on the left, a three-storey red-brick mill building with a green standing-seam metal roof and dark shutters; at centre right, a long timber covered footbridge with a grey shingle roof and diagonal truss sides runs from a paved brick plaza into dense green forest across a rushing creek, with white water visible below. About eight visitors, small and unidentifiable, walk on the plaza and enter the bridge. An interpretive panel and a trash can stand by the bridge entrance.

    High overhead view in bright late-spring sun: on the left, a three-storey red-brick mill building with a green standing-seam metal roof and dark shutters; at centre right, a long timber covered footbridge with a grey shingle roof and diagonal truss sides runs from a paved brick plaza into dense green forest across a rushing creek, with white water visible below. About eight visitors, small and unidentifiable, walk on the plaza and enter the bridge. An interpretive panel and a trash can stand by the bridge entrance.

    Photograph File:Structures in Roswell, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 3.jpg by JJonahJackalope, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-05-16. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Elevated view in dappled autumn light: on the left, the red-brick wall of a mill building with a green metal roof and black shutters; at centre right, a covered timber footbridge with a shingled roof and diagonal trusses crosses a creek where white water churns over dark rock ledges. A wooden stairway climbs the wooded far bank. In the foreground are a brick-paved plaza, an interpretive panel on a post, a trash can, and at the lower right corner a small sculpture made of a spoked iron wheel on a stone plinth. No people.

    Elevated view in dappled autumn light: on the left, the red-brick wall of a mill building with a green metal roof and black shutters; at centre right, a covered timber footbridge with a shingled roof and diagonal trusses crosses a creek where white water churns over dark rock ledges. A wooden stairway climbs the wooded far bank. In the foreground are a brick-paved plaza, an interpretive panel on a post, a trash can, and at the lower right corner a small sculpture made of a spoked iron wheel on a stone plinth. No people.

    Photograph File:OldRoswellMill2.jpg by Roswell native, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-10-08. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Symmetrical one-point-perspective view straight down the inside of a long timber covered footbridge: reddish diagonal timber trusses and galvanised steel plates on both sides, an exposed wooden roof structure overhead, slatted wooden railings and a plank deck striped with sun and shadow, leading to a small bright opening at the far end with rock and trees beyond. Green and yellow foliage shows through the open sides. No people.

    Symmetrical one-point-perspective view straight down the inside of a long timber covered footbridge: reddish diagonal timber trusses and galvanised steel plates on both sides, an exposed wooden roof structure overhead, slatted wooden railings and a plank deck striped with sun and shadow, leading to a small bright opening at the far end with rock and trees beyond. Green and yellow foliage shows through the open sides. No people.

    Photograph File:Roswell Mill covered bridge, Sept 2017.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2017-09-28. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Side view of a long timber covered footbridge with a grey shingle roof and a row of reddish diagonal V-shaped trusses, its near end supported on a galvanised steel post, set in front of a tall wall of bright green deciduous trees and pines under a blue sky with a faint contrail. Below it are hedges and a picket fence, with a cobbled brick-paver plaza in the foreground, a small interpretive panel and a trash can at the entrance. One person, partly hidden, is on the bridge.

    Side view of a long timber covered footbridge with a grey shingle roof and a row of reddish diagonal V-shaped trusses, its near end supported on a galvanised steel post, set in front of a tall wall of bright green deciduous trees and pines under a blue sky with a faint contrail. Below it are hedges and a picket fence, with a cobbled brick-paver plaza in the foreground, a small interpretive panel and a trash can at the entrance. One person, partly hidden, is on the bridge.

    Photograph File:Covered bridge in Roswell, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 2.jpg by JJonahJackalope, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-05-16. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • View from above down a calm brown-green creek framed by dense summer trees on both banks. In the middle distance, water spills in a white curtain across the full width of a straight, low dam. Rocky gravel bars and scattered stones lie in the shallows of the foreground, and broad leaves overhang the bottom-right corner. Blue sky with puffy white clouds.

    View from above down a calm brown-green creek framed by dense summer trees on both banks. In the middle distance, water spills in a white curtain across the full width of a straight, low dam. Rocky gravel bars and scattered stones lie in the shallows of the foreground, and broad leaves overhang the bottom-right corner. Blue sky with puffy white clouds.

    Photograph File:Vickery Creek Falls, Aug 2021.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-08-01. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Close, slightly elevated view of a broad curtain of white water pouring over a dark, stepped stone dam face, with spray and churning water at its foot. Shafts of hazy sunlight slant down through the forest behind, and a lens flare glows top-centre. Sunlit green leaves fill the right side and lower edge, and a fallen log leans against the dam face in the centre.

    Close, slightly elevated view of a broad curtain of white water pouring over a dark, stepped stone dam face, with spray and churning water at its foot. Shafts of hazy sunlight slant down through the forest behind, and a lens flare glows top-centre. Sunlit green leaves fill the right side and lower edge, and a fallen log leans against the dam face in the centre.

    Photograph File:RoswellMillDam1.JPG by R.T., licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2003-10-19. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Ruins in a grassy clearing: low dry-stacked stone walls and a crumbling stone pier frame rusted industrial machinery, including a large riveted iron drum or wheel housing, a big flywheel and a spoked pulley wheel on a shaft. Behind and above, a wooden boardwalk with wire-mesh railings and tall timber posts zig-zags up a green, sunlit hillside. One dark interpretive sign post stands at centre right.

    Ruins in a grassy clearing: low dry-stacked stone walls and a crumbling stone pier frame rusted industrial machinery, including a large riveted iron drum or wheel housing, a big flywheel and a spoked pulley wheel on a shaft. Behind and above, a wooden boardwalk with wire-mesh railings and tall timber posts zig-zags up a green, sunlit hillside. One dark interpretive sign post stands at centre right.

    Photograph File:RoswellMill02.jpg by Roswell native, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-10-08. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A white two-storey Greek Revival house with a full-height front portico of four thick round columns under a broad triangular pediment with a small attic window, black shutters, a mustard-yellow front door and two rocking chairs on each side of the porch, on a brick foundation. It sits at the top of a wide, freshly mown green lawn framed by large spring-green trees, under a clear blue sky. Two orange traffic cones flank the front steps and a bench stands at the right.

    A white two-storey Greek Revival house with a full-height front portico of four thick round columns under a broad triangular pediment with a small attic window, black shutters, a mustard-yellow front door and two rocking chairs on each side of the porch, on a brick foundation. It sits at the top of a wide, freshly mown green lawn framed by large spring-green trees, under a clear blue sky. Two orange traffic cones flank the front steps and a bench stands at the right.

    Photograph File:BullochHallFront2.JPG by JT, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2007-04-29. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Low-angle three-quarter view of a white Greek Revival temple-form house in strong autumn sun: fluted columns wrap the front and side porches under a deep entablature and pediment, with black shutters, brick chimneys and a brick foundation. A large oak trunk and branches frame the left and top edges. A dirt drive with fallen leaves and a lawn border of tall grass run across the foreground, and a low red-brick outbuilding stands at right. Deep blue sky.

    Low-angle three-quarter view of a white Greek Revival temple-form house in strong autumn sun: fluted columns wrap the front and side porches under a deep entablature and pediment, with black shutters, brick chimneys and a brick foundation. A large oak trunk and branches frame the left and top edges. A dirt drive with fallen leaves and a lawn border of tall grass run across the foreground, and a low red-brick outbuilding stands at right. Deep blue sky.

    Photograph File:Barrington Hall NW sun.JPG by Galen Parks Smith (Gsmith), licensed under CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2006-10-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A formal garden in spring: rounded clipped boxwood shrubs set in curving rows around beds of yellow daffodils and blue-green iris foliage, on a reddish gravel path. Behind them, a cloud of purple wisteria blooms over a trellis, and an urn-shaped birdbath stands at right. No buildings or people are visible.

    A formal garden in spring: rounded clipped boxwood shrubs set in curving rows around beds of yellow daffodils and blue-green iris foliage, on a reddish gravel path. Behind them, a cloud of purple wisteria blooms over a trellis, and an urn-shaped birdbath stands at right. No buildings or people are visible.

    Photograph File:Gardens, Barrington Hall – panoramio.jpg by Scott Long, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2011-03-26. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Straight-on winter view of a white two-storey clapboard house with a full-width two-storey porch of square columns, black shutters, two brick chimneys and a hanging lantern over a front door with a sidelit transom. Tall black gas-style lamp posts stand at each side of brick entry steps that rise through dark clipped boxwoods. Small signs read "Event" with arrows, a hours sign stands on the walk, and an interpretive panel with a historic photo is at lower right. Bare trees fill a deep blue sky.

    Straight-on winter view of a white two-storey clapboard house with a full-width two-storey porch of square columns, black shutters, two brick chimneys and a hanging lantern over a front door with a sidelit transom. Tall black gas-style lamp posts stand at each side of brick entry steps that rise through dark clipped boxwoods. Small signs read "Event" with arrows, a hours sign stands on the walk, and an interpretive panel with a historic photo is at lower right. Bare trees fill a deep blue sky.

    Photograph File:ArchibaldSmithPlantationHome.jpg by Bleak23, licensed under Public domain (released by the author, PD-self), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2008-02-10. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A perfectly still river at low sun in late autumn: wooded hills in orange, rust, gold and green reflect in deep-blue water that fills the lower two-thirds of the frame. A shadowed bank of bare and bronze trees runs along the right, and a faint power line crosses the hillside on the left. Cloudless pale-blue sky.

    A perfectly still river at low sun in late autumn: wooded hills in orange, rust, gold and green reflect in deep-blue water that fills the lower two-thirds of the frame. A shadowed bank of bare and bronze trees runs along the right, and a faint power line crosses the hillside on the left. Cloudless pale-blue sky.

    Photograph File:Chattahoochee River, Wileo Rd at Azalea Dr – panoramio.jpg by Scott Long, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2013-11-10. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A wide, calm grey-green river under an overcast sky, with low white mist lying on the water. A dense wooded island or point sits mid-frame, with tree-covered hills behind it. Above the treeline at upper centre stands a pale glass-and-panel mid-rise office building with a maroon rooftop block. No people or boats.

    A wide, calm grey-green river under an overcast sky, with low white mist lying on the water. A dense wooded island or point sits mid-frame, with tree-covered hills behind it. Above the treeline at upper centre stands a pale glass-and-panel mid-rise office building with a maroon rooftop block. No people or boats.

    Photograph File:Azalea Park, Roswell GA – panoramio.jpg by Scott Long, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2013-08-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A broad, glassy river reflects a soft overcast sky and a long, low, densely wooded far bank. Tall grasses and leafy branches from the near bank frame the left edge. No buildings, people or boats.

    A broad, glassy river reflects a soft overcast sky and a long, low, densely wooded far bank. Tall grasses and leafy branches from the near bank frame the left edge. No buildings, people or boats.

    Photograph File:Chattahoochee River by the Roswell Riverwalk Trail boardwalk July 2021.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-07-18. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Low wide-angle view along a weathered orange-brown floating wooden dock that leads out into a wide, wind-rippled muddy-brown river. Bare winter trees and green-brown shrubs overhang the right bank, and a low wooded far shore runs to a vanishing point. Streaks of cirrus cloud and contrails radiate across a deep-blue sky.

    Low wide-angle view along a weathered orange-brown floating wooden dock that leads out into a wide, wind-rippled muddy-brown river. Bare winter trees and green-brown shrubs overhang the right bank, and a low wooded far shore runs to a vanishing point. Streaks of cirrus cloud and contrails radiate across a deep-blue sky.

    Photograph File:RoswellRiverwalk138.jpg by Shawn Taylor, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2017-01-26. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Wide panoramic view of a dark steel truss footbridge arching low across a calm brown creek, framed by tall bare winter trees and pale sycamores on both banks under a vivid cloudless blue sky. A rocky, leaf-covered bank is in the right foreground.

    Wide panoramic view of a dark steel truss footbridge arching low across a calm brown creek, framed by tall bare winter trees and pale sycamores on both banks under a vivid cloudless blue sky. A rocky, leaf-covered bank is in the right foreground.

    Photograph File:VickeryCreek0131.jpg by Shawn Taylor, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2017-01-26. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A large red-brick civic building with cream trim, a central white columned portico with "CITY HALL" lettered on the entablature, a flagpole with an American flag, and a white drum and dome with a clock and cupola, seen across an empty curving asphalt drive and parking lot. Autumn-tinted trees and a small "Keep Right" sign are in the middle distance. Overcast sky.

    A large red-brick civic building with cream trim, a central white columned portico with "CITY HALL" lettered on the entablature, a flagpole with an American flag, and a white drum and dome with a clock and cupola, seen across an empty curving asphalt drive and parking lot. Autumn-tinted trees and a small "Keep Right" sign are in the middle distance. Overcast sky.

    Photograph File:Roswell, GA City Hall, Nov 2017.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2017-11-12. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A white clapboard Greek Revival church with a four-column front portico, a triangular pediment and a square white belfry with louvred openings, black-shuttered tall windows, on a green lawn shaded by tall bare winter trees. Lower white modern wings extend to the left and right. Blue sky.

    A white clapboard Greek Revival church with a four-column front portico, a triangular pediment and a square white belfry with louvred openings, black-shuttered tall windows, on a green lawn shaded by tall bare winter trees. Lower white modern wings extend to the left and right. Blue sky.

    Photograph File:RoswellOldPresbChurch.JPG by JT, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2007-02-28. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A hand-coloured fire-insurance map sheet (plate 1) of the town centre in yellow (frame), pink (brick) and blue (stone) building footprints on cream paper. Labelled streets include Canton, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Mill, Norcross, Marietta, Garrison, Main and Cemetery. A rectangle at left is marked "Public Park" between Main and Atlanta streets, and other labels include "J. T. Maxwell Grist & Planing Mill", "Odd Fellows" hall, a "M.E. Church" and "Oxbow Falls Mfg. Co." beside a creek. A round cartouche reads "Sanborn Map Company, Population 1300 ... Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia, April 1911"; a received stamp reads "May 31 1911".

    A hand-coloured fire-insurance map sheet (plate 1) of the town centre in yellow (frame), pink (brick) and blue (stone) building footprints on cream paper. Labelled streets include Canton, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Mill, Norcross, Marietta, Garrison, Main and Cemetery. A rectangle at left is marked "Public Park" between Main and Atlanta streets, and other labels include "J. T. Maxwell Grist & Planing Mill", "Odd Fellows" hall, a "M.E. Church" and "Oxbow Falls Mfg. Co." beside a creek. A round cartouche reads "Sanborn Map Company, Population 1300 … Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia, April 1911"; a received stamp reads "May 31 1911".

    Photograph File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, 1911, Plate 0001.jpg by Sanborn Map Company, licensed under Public domain (published 1911, PD-US-expired), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1911-04. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A hand-coloured fire-insurance map sheet (plate 2) showing the mill complexes along water: "Roswell Mfg. Co. Mill No. 1" in pink brick beside "Vickery's Creek" with a wooden flume to the mill, "Roswell Mfg. Co. Mill No. 2" with its cotton warehouse, and "Laurel Mill Mfg. Co. Woolen Mill" (marked 'not in operation') on the "Chattahoochee River" bank. There are scattered small yellow dwelling footprints, a reservoir, and a small label reading "Apr. 1911 Roswell, Ga.".

    A hand-coloured fire-insurance map sheet (plate 2) showing the mill complexes along water: "Roswell Mfg. Co. Mill No. 1" in pink brick beside "Vickery's Creek" with a wooden flume to the mill, "Roswell Mfg. Co. Mill No. 2" with its cotton warehouse, and "Laurel Mill Mfg. Co. Woolen Mill" (marked 'not in operation') on the "Chattahoochee River" bank. There are scattered small yellow dwelling footprints, a reservoir, and a small label reading "Apr. 1911 Roswell, Ga.".

    Photograph File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, 1911, Plate 0002.jpg by Sanborn Map Company, licensed under Public domain (published 1911, PD-US-expired), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1911-04. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A hand-drawn manuscript map in brown ink on aged tan paper with fold creases and stains, showing the winding Chattahoochee River with tributaries labelled including "Vickory Cr." and "Willeo Cr.". Hatched marks near the river bend are labelled "Roswell Factory" and "Army of the Tenn.", and roads lead to places such as "Mt. Lebanon". A handwritten caption at the bottom reads "McPherson - Crossing at Roswell", with a "Map Division, 1 Jun 1955, Library of Congress" stamp and "Sherman #104" in pencil.

    A hand-drawn manuscript map in brown ink on aged tan paper with fold creases and stains, showing the winding Chattahoochee River with tributaries labelled including "Vickory Cr." and "Willeo Cr.". Hatched marks near the river bend are labelled "Roswell Factory" and "Army of the Tenn.", and roads lead to places such as "Mt. Lebanon". A handwritten caption at the bottom reads "McPherson – Crossing at Roswell", with a "Map Division, 1 Jun 1955, Library of Congress" stamp and "Sherman #104" in pencil.

    Photograph File:McPherson crossing at Rosswell (i.e., Roswell, Georgia July, 1864). LOC 2007626728.jpg by Unknown (US Army, Sherman map collection), licensed under Public domain (1864; Library of Congress, no known restrictions), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1864-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A black-and-white photograph across a grassy square: curving paved paths lead to a central round planting bed with a low monument and plaque, and a fir tree with a slender pole behind it. On the far side of the street is a row of old commercial buildings: a two-storey flat-roofed brick block at right, a stuccoed front with a stepped parapet, a small classical temple-front building, and at far left a white building with a "LOANS" sign. A water tower rises on the horizon, an open-sided bandstand-like shelter stands at left, and bare and leafing trees frame the scene.

    A black-and-white photograph across a grassy square: curving paved paths lead to a central round planting bed with a low monument and plaque, and a fir tree with a slender pole behind it. On the far side of the street is a row of old commercial buildings: a two-storey flat-roofed brick block at right, a stuccoed front with a stepped parapet, a small classical temple-front building, and at far left a white building with a "LOANS" sign. A water tower rises on the horizon, an open-sided bandstand-like shelter stands at left, and bare and leafing trees frame the scene.

    Photograph File:RoswellTownSquare 1973 NPS.jpg by Van Martin, licensed under Public domain (PD-USGov-NPS per Commons; see notes), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1973-04. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A black-and-white archival photograph of a white Greek Revival house with a pedimented front portico of thick round columns, seen at an angle through a lattice of bare and budding tree branches. It has a diamond-pane attic window in the pediment, tall shuttered windows and a brick foundation with front steps. The film edge is lettered "GA, 61-ROSW, 1-1" and "HABS", with "14-13" written at lower right.

    A black-and-white archival photograph of a white Greek Revival house with a pedimented front portico of thick round columns, seen at an angle through a lattice of bare and budding tree branches. It has a diamond-pane attic window in the pediment, tall shuttered windows and a brick foundation with front steps. The film edge is lettered "GA, 61-ROSW, 1-1" and "HABS", with "14-13" written at lower right.

    Photograph File:Historic American Buildings Survey Branan Sanders, Photographer March 1934 FRONT VIEW NORTHEAST – Bulloch Hall, Roswell, Fulton County, GA HABS GA,61-ROSW,1-1.tif by Branan Sanders (Historic American Buildings Survey), licensed under Public domain (US federal government work), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1934-03. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A black-and-white archival photograph of a white temple-form Greek Revival house with fluted Doric columns, a deep pediment with an attic window, a brick chimney and a railed rooftop walk, seen at an angle behind a large dark oak trunk on the left and feathery mimosa-like shrubs and long grass in the foreground. The film edge is lettered "GA, 61-ROSW, 5-1" and "HABS", with "GA-1105" written in the lower right.

    A black-and-white archival photograph of a white temple-form Greek Revival house with fluted Doric columns, a deep pediment with an attic window, a brick chimney and a railed rooftop walk, seen at an angle behind a large dark oak trunk on the left and feathery mimosa-like shrubs and long grass in the foreground. The film edge is lettered "GA, 61-ROSW, 5-1" and "HABS", with "GA-1105" written in the lower right.

    Photograph File:Historic American Buildings Survey L. D. Andrew, Photographer Aug. 6, 1936 VIEW OF FRONT AND RIGHT SIDE – Barrington Hall, 535 Barrington Drive, Roswell, Fulton County, GA HABS GA,61-ROSW,5-1.tif by L. D. Andrew (Historic American Buildings Survey), licensed under Public domain (US federal government work), via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1936-08-06. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A sepia stereograph card with two near-identical side-by-side photographs of a large group of about thirty people in early-1900s dress posed on stone steps in front of a white house entrance with a wide transom window. A man in a dark frock coat holding a hat stands front left of centre, a woman in a dotted dress and a feathered hat stands beside him, and an elderly Black woman in a white apron and head wrap leaning on a cane stands at far left; an elderly Black man in a vest and jacket stands at right. The card is printed "7827 - President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the home of the President's mother, Roswell, Ga. Copyright 1905 by Underwood & Underwood", with the publisher's name in script on the side margins.

    A sepia stereograph card with two near-identical side-by-side photographs of a large group of about thirty people in early-1900s dress posed on stone steps in front of a white house entrance with a wide transom window. A man in a dark frock coat holding a hat stands front left of centre, a woman in a dotted dress and a feathered hat stands beside him, and an elderly Black woman in a white apron and head wrap leaning on a cane stands at far left; an elderly Black man in a vest and jacket stands at right. The card is printed "7827 – President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the home of the President's mother, Roswell, Ga. Copyright 1905 by Underwood & Underwood", with the publisher's name in script on the side margins.

    Photograph President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the home of the President’s mother, Roswell, Ga. by Underwood & Underwood (publisher), licensed under Public domain (published 1905; LoC: no known restrictions on publication). Taken 1905. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

Film

  • Home page film: The film at the top of the home page is cut from 6 of the photographs and maps credited on this page (by Galen Parks Smith (Gsmith), JT, Roswell native, Shawn Taylor, Thomson200), with slow pans, zooms and dissolves. Nothing in it is generated. Share-alike photographs keep their licences.

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