Fifth Third
Bank has a
new location
in Smyrna
Stop by our new branch at
4520 South Cobb Drive SE
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But her diamond was one that needed a great deal of
polishing. She knocked out the wall and doors in the front area
that had made it a duplex, rewired the electrical work, worked
with Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society to bring everything
up to code and accomplished several feats before even
beginning to beautify the 1845 home.
Marsha enlisted the help of two local Chrises – Chris
Bailey and Chris Michaels – to serve as the general contractors
for the restoration, a job she said they did beautifully
but that she was also still very involved in, including her fair
share of manual labor. Throughout the renovations, Marsha
found many treasures, such as old support beams that
needed replacing but found new uses in her home as tables
and mantles, and tiny medicine bottles she thinks – hopes
– were from Dr. Slaughter’s time with the home. She keeps
the treasures on her kitchen island as a reminder of the
home’s past, which she said also includes stories of serving
as a Civil War hospital.
Today, Marsha is happy to make the cozy, historic home
her own, and will often take advantage of the five-minute walk
to the Marietta Square for the farmer’s market or to meet
friends for a drink. She has also turned the home and its yards
into entertaining spots for friends with quarterly outdoor
concerts and chili cook-offs.
“I’ve flipped many homes, but it would be hard to
turn the keys of this one over to someone else,” she said.
“This is home.”
18 COBB LIFE | MAY 2021