Downtown Athens Historic District
Downtown Athens Historic District is a park in Clarke County, Georgia. Downtown Athens Historic District is situated nearby to the neighborhood Dearing Street Historic District, as well as near Stonemill Run.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Double-barreled cannon and Tree That Owns Itself.
Double-barreled cannon
Cannon
Photo: Bloodofox, Public domain.
The double-barreled cannon is an American Civil War-era experimental weapon and is now a modern landmark located in Athens, Georgia. While originally built for warfare, the cannon never saw battle.
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.
Wuxtry Records
Music store
Wuxtry Records is an independent record store in Athens, Georgia, that has operated since 1976. Its flagship shop is located at the corner of College Avenue and Clayton Street in downtown Athens, and is the oldest continuously operating record store in the state.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Normaltown.
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.
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.
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 southwest of Downtown Athens Historic District.
Downtown Athens Historic District
- Type: Park
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.95984° or 33° 57′ 35″ northLongitude
-83.37599° or 83° 22′ 34″ westElevation
764 feet (233 metres)Open location code
865RXJ5F+WJGeoNames ID
4192022
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dearing Street Historic District and Stonemill Run.
Notable Places Nearby
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