The City of Alpharetta celebrates its 2008 Sesquicentennial celebration with the unveiling of an all new Alpharetta History Walk through historic downtown Alpharetta at 1 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2008. The unveiling will begin outside Alpharetta City Hall (2 South Main Street), the first site marked for the Alpharetta History Walk and the former location of the old Milton County Courthouse constructed in the late 1850s when Alpharetta was the county seat. The unveiling will continue on a narrated visit of 15 other buildings, homes and notable sites located on several blocks in the Historic Downtown area. Members of the public are invited to join Mayor Arthur Letchas and other City of Alpharetta officials at the February 7 event. Admission is free and coffee will be served compliments of the restaurant Slice soon to open downtown.
The new Alpharetta History Walk, to be narrated by local historians from the Alpharetta Historical Society, will include downtown buildings, homes and sites of previous structures that were selected after extensive historical research because they represent a notable part of Alpharetta’s history.
Each of the historic sites included in the Alpharetta History Walk will be marked with either standing or mounted outdoor historical markers. The exact location of the markers will be unveiled on February 7, along with the historic text that will appear on each marker.
For those not able to attend the February 7 event, map brochures will be available at the Alpharetta Welcome Center and Alpharetta City Hall beginning February 8. The Alpharetta Historical Society
(http://www.ahsga.org) will conduct ongoing Alpharetta History Walks throughout the year. Or, members of the public may use the map brochures for a self-guided tour. For more information on the history walks, phone 770-475-4663.
