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WHAT’S NEW

The City of Roswell is the new owner of Holly
Hill, a historic home built circa 1845. City Council
approved the $1.5 million purchase of the home
built by Savannah cotton grower Robert Adams
Lewis. His wife, Catharine Barrington Cooke, was
a niece of Roswell King, who founded the city.

City Council voted unanimously to purchase the
home. Councilwoman Lee Hills said the Holly Hill
home survived fires during the Civil War when
local mills were burned. The previous owners THE HISTORY
Lewis and Nancy Gray purchased the home in Robert Adams Lewis, a Savannah cotton broker, built
1984, she said, and did a complete restoration. this raised cottage across from Historic Town Square
Some of the original black marble fireplaces and around 1845. Similar to other historic homes in the
pocket doors remain. area, it is constructed of Georgia pine with bricks made
on the property.
THE PLANTING Mayor Kurt Wilson said Holly Hill will be part of Mr. Lewis married Catherine Barrington Cook, a niece
an upcoming effort to put a renewed focus on
Roswell’s historic assets. The plan will include
of Roswell King. One will find architectural details in
OF HOLLIES AT making Roswell more of a destination for its the house such as hand-turned spindles and newel
history, as well as generating revenue from the
posts on the stairs, lovely oak leaf and acorn motifs
newly purchased home and the historic sites at
above the windows and doors, and impressive black
HOLLY HILL Bulloch Hall, Barrington Hall, Mimosa Hall and Italian marble mantles in the parlors. The home
Smith Plantation.
changed hands among the King, Wing, Hansell, and
Sommerville families before the last residential
owners, the Gray family.
The City of Roswell is excited to announce its newest
historic properties acquisition, Holly Hill. “It is part of a larger goal to create The Grays carefully restored and maintained the house
a comprehensive historical assets while being active in local history and preservation.
4,000 SF 1.76 ACRES 3.5 BATHS plan and tie it to Bulloch Avenue to The property received the name “Holly Hill” when the
Sommerville family completed extensive renovations
bring more love and connection to to the landscape, which included the planting of many
the historical areas in the City of hollies.

Roswell,” Wilson said.

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