Memorial Hall

War Memorial Hall is a landmark building on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. The impetus for the building began in 1903 as a joint project between the local YMCA and the University to construct a recreational facility; however, the YMCA eventually decided to build their own building elsewhere in Athens.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanford Stadium and Tree That Owns Itself.

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 560 feet south of Memorial Hall.

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 3,000 feet northwest of Memorial Hall.

UGA Main Library

Library

Photo: Coxonian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

UGA Main Library is situated 1,000 feet north of Memorial Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Five Points.

Athens

Photo: Rob, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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. Normaltown is situated 2 miles northwest of Memorial Hall.

Memorial Hall

Type: University building
Address: 101 Sanford Road, Athens, GA 30602
Categories: building and education
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.95129° or 33° 57′ 5″ north

Longitude

-83.37364° or 83° 22′ 25″ west

Elevation

679 feet (207 metres)

Inception

1925

Operator

University of Georgia

Open location code

865RXJ2G+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41411322

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4208881

Wikidata ID

Q6815438

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