Chapel Bell
Chapel Bell is a memorial in Clarke County, Georgia. Chapel Bell is situated nearby to Scholar Garden, as well as near the park Franklin Quad.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herty Field and Georgia Theatre.
Herty Field
Park
Herty Field, also known as Alumni Athletic Field, was the original on-campus playing venue for football, Track and field and baseball at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.
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 870 feet northwest of Chapel Bell.
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 2,200 feet west of Chapel Bell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Five Points.
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.
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 1½ miles west of Chapel Bell.
Chapel Bell
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “ORIGINALLY USED TO CALL STUDENTS TO CLASSES, CHAPEL SERVICES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CHAPEL BELL WAS CAST BY GEORGE HOLBROOK OF MEDWAY, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1835. THE BELL’S ARRIVAL ON CAMPUS IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, BUT IT IS BELIEVED T”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.95662° or 33° 57′ 24″ northLongitude
-83.37542° or 83° 22′ 32″ westOpen location code
865RXJ4F+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 12229933633OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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