Alpharetta commission designates John C. Weatherford House at 193 Canton Street as historic

Alpharetta — The Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission on April 17 voted to designate the John C. Weatherford House at 193 Canton Street as a historic structure, a staff presentation and commission members said.

Michael Woodman, city staff, told commissioners the property sits on 2.4 acres and had been approved in 2021 for a 17‑lot single‑family subdivision (referred to as Hudson Park). He said the council placed conditions on the subdivision that require the Weatherford house be saved, rehabilitated and formally designated under the city’s Historic Preservation Incentive Ordinance.

Designating the house will move it from the city’s contributing historic buildings inventory to the designated historic buildings inventory, Woodman said. He described the house as a folk‑Victorian structure built between about 1910 and 1920, roughly 2,786 square feet, and one of the city’s remaining older architectural examples. "The request before you today is a request for a public hearing to designate a structure as historic," Woodman said during his presentation.

Why it matters: The designation…