Welcome to Athens

Welcome to Athens is a work of art in Clarke County, Georgia. Welcome to Athens is situated nearby to the fitness club Classic City Cycling, as well as near the recreation area The Garden at Last Resort.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morton Theatre and Georgia Theatre.

Morton Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Morton Theatre, located in downtown Athens, Georgia, at 195 West Washington Street, is one of the first vaudeville theatres in the United States uniquely built, owned, and operated by an African-American businessman: Monroe Morton.

Georgia Theatre

Music venue

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia. National and local acts across all genres have performed at the theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic. Georgia Theatre is situated 510 feet east of Welcome to Athens.

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 1,500 feet southwest of Welcome to Athens.

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.

Welcome to Athens

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: mural
Category: tourism
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.95797° or 33° 57′ 29″ north

Longitude

-83.379° or 83° 22′ 44″ west

Open location code

865RXJ5C+59

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11939825902

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=mural

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