Athens Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District
The Athens Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District is a historic district in Athens, Alabama. Athens was founded in 1818 when Robert Beaty and John D.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Athens, Alabama Main Post Office and Limestone County Confederate Soldiers Memorial.
Old Athens, Alabama Main Post Office
Public building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Old Main Post Office in Athens, Alabama, also known as Washington Street Courthouse Annex, was built in 1933. Located one block from the Courthouse Square, the Neoclassical Revival building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration.
Limestone County Confederate Soldiers Memorial
Work of art
The Limestone County Confederate Soldiers Memorial is an outdoor marble Confederate memorial installed outside the Limestone County Courthouse in Athens, Alabama, in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Tanner.
Athens
Photo: Nyttend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Athens is a city of 27,000 people in northern Alabama, USA about 15 miles south of the Tennessee border and 20 miles west of Huntsville. It is the county seat of Limestone county.
Tanner
Hamlet
Tanner is an unincorporated community in central southern Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Tanner is situated 5 miles south of Athens Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District.
Athens Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District
- Type: Area
- Description: Athens, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Limestone County, Alabama
- Category: historic district
- Location: Limestone County, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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