I grew up in Marietta Georgia which is the site of a few Civil War battles. We have a state park just outside “downtown” Marietta called the Kennesaw Battlefields. There are a couple historic streets in Marietta that have existed since the 1800s. Whitlock road is probably the main street. It’s a busy street now but they refuse to expand it beyond 2 lanes because of the history that surrounds it. As you drive down Whitlock you are surrounded by homes that were built in the 1800s. One of the most famous is a large house that was once a civil war hospital. The architecture of these buildings is both astonishing and beautiful.

I agree that the overarching “redneck” perception of the south is a negative one and it really overshadows that old south beauty that still exists within certain parts of the world. I’m not sure if all the homes off of West Paces Ferry were built in the civil war era or if they were built afterwards to model that but these homes are excellent examples of the Tara-esque architecture.