Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1

Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1 is a fire station in Clarke County, Georgia which is located on College Avenue. Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1 is situated nearby to Thomas N. Lay Community Center, as well as near the library Lay Park Resource Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ware–Lyndon House and Tree That Owns Itself.

Ware–Lyndon House

Manor estate

Photo: GAgayle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ware–Lyndon House is a historic house located at 211 Hoyt Street in Athens, Georgia, at the end of Jackson Street. Built circa 1850, the house is two stories and exhibits an Italianate style. Ware–Lyndon House is situated 470 feet north of Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1.

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 3,400 feet southwest of Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1.

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. Morton Theatre is situated 1,800 feet south of Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Normaltown.

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.

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.

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 1½ miles south of Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1.

Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #1

Type: Fire station
Address: 700 College Avenue, Athens, 30601
Category: building
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.96309° or 33° 57′ 47″ north

Longitude

-83.37653° or 83° 22′ 36″ west

Open location code

865RXJ7F+69

OpenStreetMap ID

way 310894591

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fire_station

OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thomas N. Lay Community Center and Lay Park Resource Center.

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