Carnegie Library Building
The Carnegie Library Building is an historic building in Athens, Georgia. It was one of many such libraries donated by Andrew Carnegie which were named Carnegie Library after him.Photo: RFoxx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: historic building and academic library in Athens, Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Carnegie Library Learning Center”, “Georgia State Normal School Carnegie Library”, “UGA Carnegie Library”, and “University of Georgia Carnegie Library”
- Address: 101 Fox Road, Athens, GA 30606
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piedmont Athens Regional and T. R. R. Cobb House.
Piedmont Athens Regional
Hospital
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Athens, Georgia. The hospital has 427 beds, a trauma center, and a neonatal intensive care unit. Piedmont Athens Regional is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Carnegie Library Building.
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 1¼ miles east of Carnegie Library Building.
President’s House
Historic building
Photo: GAgayle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The President's House, also known as the Benjamin H. Hill House or the Grant-Hill-White-Bradshaw House, was erected in 1856 in Athens, Georgia. The mansion has served as University of Georgia president's residence since it was donated to the University System of Georgia in 1949. President’s House is situated 1 mile east of Carnegie Library Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Normaltown and Athens.
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.
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. Five Points is situated 2 miles southeast of Carnegie Library Building.
Carnegie Library Building
- Categories: Carnegie library, academic library, building, and education
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.96408° or 33° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
-83.40455° or 83° 24′ 16″ westOperator
University of GeorgiaOpen location code
865RXH7W+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 242760255OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5043938
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