First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a church in Clarke County, Georgia which is located on West Dougherty Street. First Christian Church is situated nearby to the museum T. R. R. Cobb House, as well as near Tree That Owns Itself.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Also known as: “Athens Christian Church”
- Address: 268 West Dougherty Street, Athens, 30601
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tree That Owns Itself and T. R. R. Cobb House.
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. Tree That Owns Itself is situated 2,000 feet south of First Christian Church.
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. T. R. R. Cobb House is situated 1,400 feet west of First Christian Church.
Sanford Stadium
Stadium
Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. The 93,033-seat stadium is the ninth-largest American football stadium in the NCAA, and the 15th-largest such stadium in the world. Sanford Stadium is situated 1 mile southeast of First Christian Church.
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.
First Christian Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.96033° or 33° 57′ 37″ northLongitude
-83.38072° or 83° 22′ 51″ westElevation
705 feet (215 metres)Open location code
865RXJ69+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 295810207OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
4194916
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