Athens-Clarke County Library, Athens

Name: Athens-Clarke County Library
Address: 2025 Baxter St, Athens, 30606, United States
Telephone: (706) 613-3650

#32 among attractions in Athens

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The Athens Regional Library System is a consortium of 11 public libraries across five counties, comprising the Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area as well as Franklin County in northeast Georgia, United States. ()

Established: 1940 (84 years ago)Coordinates: 33°56'42"N, 83°24'13"W

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2025 Baxter StFive PointsAthens 30606 United States

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(706) 613-3650

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Athens-Clarke County Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hill First Baptist Church, The Tree That Owns Itself, T. R. R. Cobb House, Henry W. Grady House.

1.4 miNE
Church
Hill First Baptist Church, Athens
36 min walk • 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.
1.4 miNE
Park
The Tree That Owns Itself, Athens
36 min walk • 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.
1.5 miNE
Museum, Architecture, History museum
T. R. R. Cobb House, Athens
38 min walk • 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.
1.4 miNE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Henry W. Grady House, Athens
37 min walk • The Taylor-Grady House, also known as the Henry W. Grady House, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 634 Prince Avenue in Athens, Georgia, United States. Built in the 1840s, this Greek Revival house is notable as the only known surviving home of Henry W.
1.1 miNE
Church, Universities and schools
Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens
29 min walk • The Lucy Cobb Institute was a girls' school on Milledge Avenue in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Thomas R.R.
1.6 miSE
33°55'39"N • 83°23'7"W
Athens Memorial Park, Athens
41 min walk • Park, Zoo
1.3 miNE
Victorian architecture, Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Cobbham Historic District, Athens
34 min walk • The Cobbham Historic District, in Athens, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It included 216 contributing buildings on 117 acres.
1.1 miN
Gothic Revival architecture
James A. Sledge House, Athens
29 min walk • The James A. Sledge House, at 749 Cobb St. in Athens, Georgia, was built around 1860. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is a one-and-a-half-story Gothic Revival cottage. Its most salient features are its steep roof and three tall triangular front-facing dormers.
1 miSE
Library
Alexander Campbell King Law Library, Athens
27 min walk • The Alexander Campbell King Law Library is the main law library of the University of Georgia School of Law. It is located in Hirsch Hall, one of two law school buildings on the nationally recognized historic North Quadrangle of the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia.
1.6 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Joseph Henry Lumpkin House, Athens
42 min walk • The Joseph Henry Lumpkin House was built in the 1830s, and purchased by its namesake, the first chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, in 1842.
0.4 miNE
Neighbourhood
Clarke County School District, Athens
12 min walk • The Clarke County School District is a public school district in Clarke County, Georgia, United States, based in Athens, Georgia. It serves Clarke County, which includes the communities of Athens and Winterville, and part of Bogart.