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200 N. Milledge Ave., University of Georgia campus 33°57′22″N 83°23′23″W / 33.956111°N 83.389722°W / 33.956111; -83.389722 ( Lucy Cobb Institute Athens
The Downtown Athens Historic District is a historic area in the Downtown Athens neighborhood of Athens, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Its boundaries were revised twice, in 1984 and 2006, and additional documentation was filed in 2006.
Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US. The original tree, thought to have started life between the mid-16th and late 18th century, fell in 1942, but a new tree was grown from one of its acorns and planted in the same location.
In 1987, the citizens of Athens-Clarke County came to the rescue of the Morton through the passage of the Special-purpose local-option sales tax referendum that included the rehabilitation of the theatre. In 1991, ownership of the building was handed over to the Athens-Clarke Unified Government. In the fall of 1993, followed by the signing of a ...
The University of Georgia's Health Sciences Campus, located on Prince Avenue in Athens, is a 56-acre campus that was the former site of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School, which moved to Rhode Island in 2011 as part of the U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure process. UGA's use of the property continues the 120-year history of ...
In February 2021, Athens Mayor, Kelly Girtz, issued an apology for the role the city had played in destroying Linnentown. His apology was followed by a unanimous approval by the Athens-Clarke County Commission in favor of redress for Linnentown, including establishment of the Athens Justice and Memory project and creation of a memory wall. [ 9 ]
Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there. [1] It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896.
With the Georgia Theater taking over as the high-capacity venue and with the closure of the smaller Uptown, there was again a market for a small club that would focus on local acts. In 1991, [ 4 ] the 40 Watt moved to its fifth and current location at 285 West Washington Street, the former Potter's House Thrift store building.