Boulevard Historic District
Boulevard Historic District is a park in Clarke County, Georgia. Boulevard Historic District is situated nearby to the neighborhood Broad Acres, as well as near Normaltown.Places of Interest
Highlights include President’s House and Tree That Owns Itself.
President’s House
Historic building
Photo: GAgayle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 president's residence since it was donated to the University System of Georgia in 1949.
Tree That Owns Itself
Photo: Boston Public Library, Public domain.
The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US.
T. R. R. Cobb House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The T. R. R. Cobb House built in 1842 is an historic octagon house originally located at 194 Prince Avenue in Athens, Georgia. On June 30, 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Normaltown and Athens.
Normaltown
Neighborhood
Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there. It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896.
Athens
Athens is a vibrant college town of 127,000 people in the Classic Heartland region of Georgia. Athens is most popular in the late summer and fall when students, families of students or college football fans visit the University of Georgia.
Five Points
Neighborhood
Five Points is a retail corridor and neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, centered on the intersection of Milledge Avenue and Lumpkin Street. It occupies the South-Southwest edge of the University of Georgia campus. Five Points is situated 1½ miles south of Boulevard Historic District.
Boulevard Historic District
- Type: Park
- Categories: recreation area and historic site
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.96456° or 33° 57′ 52″ northLongitude
-83.38877° or 83° 23′ 20″ westElevation
725 feet (221 metres)Open location code
865RXJ76+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 358776477OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4183882
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