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May 31, 1984 (1984 increase) August 18, 2006 (2006 revision) 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.
Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta. [6] The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth.
Downtown Athens is the oldest of the main commercial and residential centers in Athens, Georgia, United States.Downtown is generally considered to be the area bounded by Dougherty Street on the north, Broad Street and the University of Georgia campus on the south, Pulaski Street on the west, and Foundry Street by the east.
Added to NRHP. March 10, 1980 [1] The First African Methodist Episcopal Church (First AME Church), formerly known as Pierce’s Chapel, [2] is an AME church established in 1866 by Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, and located at 521 North Hull Street in Athens, Georgia. [3] [2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 10, 1980.
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is a botanical garden of 313 acres (127 hectares) in the United States, with a conservatory operated by the University of Georgia. It is located at 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia. The Garden contains eleven botanical and horticultural collections: Heritage Garden - plants of historic and social ...
The Morton Theatre, located in downtown Athens, Georgia, at 195 West Washington Street, is one of the first vaudeville theatres in the United States uniquely built, owned, and operated by an African-American businessman: Monroe Morton. In 2001, its location was termed Athens' "Hot Corner". [2] The Theatre currently operates as a rental facility ...
570 Prince Ave, Athens, Georgia. Coordinates. 33°57′39″N 83°22′41″W / 33.9608°N 83.3781°W / 33.9608; -83.3781. Completed. 1856. The President's House, also known as the Benjamin H. Hill House or the Grant-Hill-White-Bradshaw House, was erected in 1856 in Athens, Georgia. The mansion has served as University of Georgia ...
The Franklin House is a three-story brick historic building located at 464-480 East Broad Street, in Athens, Georgia. [2] It was built in three phases between 1845 and 1860. [2] Originally a mercantile building with an antebellum hotel on the upper floors, from 1865 to 1972 it was a hardware store. In the 1970s it was listed on the National ...