I stayed next door to this neat little cottage on a recent trip. I haven’t been able to track down much history, but it was apparently built by a member of the Glover family, who were among the earliest settlers of Marietta. It appears to have originated as a simple central hallway form and has been expanded, as is common with houses of this type. The narrow door and transom and sidelights are likely original, but the porch, which gives the house a vernacular Greek Revival appearance, may have been a slightly later addition. I will update when I learn more.
Whitlock Avenue Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
An impressive entrance (tall columns! door lights!) for such a small house. Looks like it ought to have been a bigger building… but maybe that was all they could afford back then.
Thanks for sharing.
My husband grew up in Marietta and said the Glover family owned a locomotive manufacturing company. When he was a kid they were still in business-at Kennesaw The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive history
The Glover Co. is a major factor
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