Root House Museum | Marietta, Georgia
145 Denmead StreetConveniently located at the corner of North Marietta Loop and Polk Street, the Root House Museum is an excellent place to begin your visit in picturesque Marietta. The Root House was built c. 1845 by William Root, Marietta’s first pharmacist, and his wife Hannah. One of the oldest surviving frame houses in Marietta, it offers visitors a glimpse of the home life of a middle class merchant and his family. The house is furnished with period furniture in the fashion of the 1850s. Outside, you can see the recreated kitchen and working 1850s cookstove. Walk among the flower beds and vegetable plots to see examples of plants that were available in Cobb County before 1860. Headquarters of Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society.
