Historical Marker

Kennesaw House

Marietta · Cobb County · Erected 1952

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The Story

This Marietta hotel, then the Fletcher House, sheltered James Andrews and his Union raiders the night before they stole the locomotive 'General' on April 12, 1862, launching the Great Locomotive Chase.

About this site

Kennesaw House is a historical marker in Marietta, Cobb County, erected in 1952. It is one of 152 historical markers documented in Cobb County, among 377 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9527, -84.5510 near Marietta. The nearest cataloged historic site is UDC and Kennesaw House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 1916 Glover Machine Works Locomotive, Alexander Stephens Clay, and Cobb County.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.9527, -84.5510 · Marietta, Cobb County

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