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| Athens |
Athens Welcome Center -
280 E. Dougherty Street, Athens, GA - Phone: 706-632-3031
Open Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday: 2 - 5 pm
Attraction Features: Known as the Church/Waddel/Brumby House built in 1820, the city's oldest surviving residence. Information on self-guided tours of over 50 local historic sites, including UGA campus, first chartered state university in the country (1785). |
| Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall - Lumpkin & Pinecrest Sts., Athens, GA |
Double Barreled Cannon, Cannon Park - City Hall, Hancock Street
Attraction Features: Fully accessible. Only one of its kind in the world. Invented 1863 and failed to fulfill its mission of simultaneously firing two balls connected by a chain. |
Fire Station Number Two - 489 Prince Avenue.
Attraction Features: 1901 Victorian, two-story brick fire-house in the shape of a truncated triangle. Gallery and headquarters of the Athens-Clark Heritage Foundation. |
| Founders Memorial Garden - 325 S. Lumpkin Street |
Georgia Museum of Art - North University Campus, downtown.
Attraction Features: Designated as the Official State Art Museum in 1982. Permanent collection contains 19th & 20th century American paintings, a Kress collection of Italian Renaissance painting, and European, American and Oriental prints and drawings. Fully accessible.
Open Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm except holidays |
Joseph Henry Lumpkin House - 248 Prince Avenue
Attraction Features: Built in 1843 in Greek Revival style, this is the home of the first Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. It has recently been restored. |
State Botanical Garden of Georgia - University of Georgia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave. 2
Attraction Features: 93 acres along the Oconee River. |
| Taylor Grady House - 634 Prince Avenue. |
Tree That Owns Itself - Corner of Dearing and Finley Street.
Attraction Features: Professor W.H. Jackson deeded the tree eight feet of land on all sides because he enjoyed its shade. |
U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum - Prince & Oglethorp Avenue.
Attraction Features: Ship models, historic uniforms, Navy equipment and galley gear. Archives includes photos, official records, and cruise books. Garden area with benches, fountain and gazebo. Open Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm, closed weekends and Federal holidays. |
University President's House - 570 Prince Avenue.
Attraction Features: Outstanding example of 1857 Greek Revival architecture surrounded by 14 Corinthian columns on the front and sides. Doric columns at the rear face a 5-acre garden. |
Stephen Upson House - 1022 Prince Avenue.
Attraction Features: Built in 1847 Greek Revival style. This house has been restored. Tours by request. |
Athens First Presbyterian Church - 185 E. Hancock Street
Attraction Features: Built for $100,000 in the Greek Revival style. Remodeled in 1902 and retains many original features, including the Italianate marble pulpit, pine and walnut pews, and pulpit furniture which was presented to the church as a gift from General T.R. Cobb. |
Emanuel Episcopal Church - Pope and Prince Streets
Attraction Features: 1899 Victorian Gothic structure built of Georgia granite. First Suburban church in Athens. |
| Barnesville |
Barnesville Hardware - 116 Main Street
Attraction Features: 1870 Gothic Revival style formerly the showroom of the Smith Buggy Company, one of the four buggy manufacturers that made Barnesville the "Buggy Capital of the World." |
Confederate Cemetery - Greenwood Street
Attraction Features: Over 150 Confederate graves from all of the companies in this area of GA |
Gordon College - College Drive
Attraction Features: Built in 1852. Named for General John B. Gordon and formerly the site of Gordon Military College. |
| Clinton |
Old Clinton Roadside Park - U.S. Hwy 129
Attraction Features: Wooded area with huge granite outcroppings marking the Piedmont Fall Line. Historic markers identify Clinton's contribution to Georgia's early history. |
Old Clinton Historic District
Attraction Features: Georgia's early 19th century county seat. Only Clinton has survived sufficiently free of modern development to give an idea of the layout and appearance of this early New England town. Twelve houses built between 1808-1830 and the Methodist Church, 1821, still stand. Self-guided driving and walking tours. |
| Conyers - Site of the 1996 Summer Olympic Equestrian Events |
| Historic District of Olde Town - Includes Old Jail Museum and self-guided tour. |
Monastery of the Holy Spirit - 2625 Highway 212
Attraction Features: Founded in 1944 by a group of monks who practice self-sufficiency, cultivating their own food. Lake with ducks and beautiful grounds available for picnics during daylight hours. Grounds include greenhouse with bonsai shop, gift shop and bookstore offering homemade breads baked by the monks. Please call for schedules for various activities.
Located: Eight miles southwest of city of Conyers via GA 138 and 212 |
| Covington |
| Mt. Pleasant Plantation - Off Hwy. 278 - 1820 plantation now a working Christmas tree farm. |
Historic Downtown District -
Attraction Features: Many retail shops and downtown buildings have been restored to their original condition. Beautifully preserved historic homes predate Civil War and can be viewed on self-guided tour. |
| Culloden |
| Battle of Culloden - Site of April 19, 1865 famous Civil War battle where only 200 men of Worrill Grays held off Union troops. |
| Confederate Museum - Small collection of Confederate memorabilia - Main Street |
| Grave of William Culloden - Located in the town cemetery behind the Methodist Church. |
| Historic Methodist Church - Oldest Methodist Church in Georgia in continuous use. |
| Eatonton |
Historic District - Entire downtown, six block area, on the National Register offering structures dating 1813 to late 1800's. Bronson House, headquarters of Historical Society
Open Wednesday - Sunday: 2 - 5 pm. Walking tour brochure at Chamber of Commerce. |
| Br'er Rabbit Statue - L ocated on courthouse square downtown. |
Uncle Remus Museum and Park - U.S. 441 in town.
Attraction Features: Recalls slave cabin setting of Joel Chandler Harris' stories about Uncle Remus and his famous "critters" which Harris began writing about while living in the area. |
| Forsyth |
| Commercial Historic District, Courthouse Square - And surrounding eight blocks have 40 structures of mostly mid-to-late 1800's construction on the National Register. Courthouse features pressed metal ceiling. |
| Confederate Cemetery - Located in the Forsyth cemetery off Hwy 42 S on Newton Memorial Rd. Over 299 unknown soldiers, one nurse and one known soldier buried here. |
Whistle Stop Museum - 1899 Victorian Train Depot with local historical artifacts from the creek Indians through the 19th and 20th centuries. Joel Chandler Harris' typesetter's desk from the 1860's when he was an apprentice on the Monroe Advertiser.
Open Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 5 pm and Saturday: 10 am - 1 pm |
| Hampton |
| Hampton Train Depot - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1881 of fireproof brick with ornate brick detailing, unusual for the era. Served as both cotton warehouse and passenger terminal. Operated until 1957. Last passenger rail station in Henry County. Now houses city offices. Open Monday - Friday. |
Oaklea Manor - Wynne Road
Attraction Features:Built from brick made on site. Rumored to have been, for a short time, headquarters for Sherman's Army. Because of Masonic emblem, spared from burning. Private residence. |
| Knoxville |
| Birthplace of John Pemberton - Creator of Coca-Cola formula. |
| Courthouse, rebuilt in 1851. Oldest courthouse in continuous use in Georgia. National Register of Historic Sites. |
| Old Knoxville Jail and Museum - Built in 1834. Memorabilia, documents and local history. National Register of Historic Sites. Open Saturday:10 am - 12 pm, Sun: 3 - 5 pm |
| Texas Lone Star State Flag - Designed by Joanna Troutman in 1835 for Georgian to carry to Texas in their volunteer fight to help Texans win independence from Mexico. Historical marker stands on courthouse lawn. |
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