Historical Marker

UDC and Kennesaw House

Marietta · Cobb County · Erected 1956

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The Story

Built as a cotton warehouse in 1845 and opened as the Fletcher House hotel, the Kennesaw House lodged James Andrews and his raiders the night before they stole the locomotive General on April 12, 1862.

About this site

UDC and Kennesaw House is a historical marker in Marietta, Cobb County, erected in 1956. 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 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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