Rowland House
Rowland House is a building in Clarke County, Georgia which is located on Dearing Street. Rowland House is situated nearby to Tree That Owns Itself, as well as near the church Phoenix Community of Athens.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tree That Owns Itself and Hill First Baptist Church.
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.
Hill First Baptist Church
Church
Hill First Baptist Church "is the oldest African American church in the Athens, Georgia community". It is a contributing property to the Reese Street Historic District. Hill First Baptist Church is situated 810 feet northwest of Rowland House.
University of Georgia
University
The University of Georgia is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the first state-chartered public university in the United States. University of Georgia is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Rowland House.
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.
Rowland House
- Type: Building
- Address: 146 Dearing Street, Athens, 30605
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.95527° or 33° 57′ 19″ northLongitude
-83.38309° or 83° 22′ 59″ westInception
1894Levels
2Open location code
865RXJ48+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 296008643OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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