Fall Heritage 2014

FALL 2014

Bells on Bloomfield Our annual holiday gala is right around the corner PAGE 14

Speak up!

New series addresses preservation issues PAGE 10

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ATHENS-CLARKE HERITAGE FOUNDATION Fire Hall No. 2 489 Prince Avenue Athens, Georgia 30601 706-353-1801 e-mail: achf@bellsouth.net www.achfonline.org Executive Director: Amy C. Kissane Welcome Center Director: Evelyn Reece Hands On Athens Administrator: John A. Kissane MISSION To be a proactive force in developing community-wide understanding of the value of historic buildings, neighborhoods, and heritage.

VISION To become the leading advocate for the importance of historic preservation to the future of the Athens community.

ACHF 2014-2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TRUSTEES David Bryant, President Kristen Morales, President-elect Bill Kraeling, Treasurer Daniel Epting, Treasurer-elect Sara Dusenberry, Recording Secretary Marvin Nunnally, Parliamentarian Victoria Prevatt, Revolving Fund Liaison Jan Levinson, Past-president TRUSTEES Linda Davis Kevin Garrison Lauren Geddings Jim Gillis Adam Hebbard

Erika Lane Dan Lorentz Kim Noland Kjirsten Ogburn Cullen O’Steen

Lori Scott Paul Trudeau Jim Warnes Carol Williams Hollis Yate

HERITAGE CREDITS Editor: Kristen Morales Design: Eleonora Machado Heritage Newsletter Logo: Chris Bilheimer Cover photo Photo credit Kristen Morales

THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL HERITAGE SPONSORS Corinthian Level ($5,000) Ionic Level ($2,500) Athens Video Barber Creek Design ETL Construction Services Todd Emily Doric Level ($1,500) Carson Advisory, Inc. Dalton Carpet One Georgia Power Foundation Lindsay Transfer & Storage Pharma Tech Industries Southern Mutual Insurance Co.

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By David Bryant

The most wonderful time of the year It was a real pleasure to walk down Prince Avenue a few weeks ago during the Athens Area Arts Council’s Art Crawl and see the large double doors on the front of the ACHF Fire Hall flung open and the space full of light and flowing with people. The first floor was used as an exhibition space for the event. We are lucky to occupy such a landmark spot.

I think we should fling the doors open more often and think of new ways to use our prominent and beautiful offices to increase our visibility and join in the vibrancy of that rapidly changing section of Prince Avenue.

For visibility and vibrancy, as it happens, my favorite event of the year is approaching — the ACHF Heritage Holiday Gala on Dec. 7. I’m already anticipating this evening of food, drink and spiced holiday conviviality. As always, we’ll amble through a handful of houses in one of Athens’ historic neighborhoods.

Last year’s Gala was a magical evening of mist and lights at The

Hill, a living museum of relocated historic homes. This year we’ll visit homes surrounding the cozy triangular park in the historic Bloomfield neighborhood. You can expect food and drink from Athens’ best restaurants and caterers, an auction and other entertainment, all described in greater detail deeper in this newsletter.

The Gala is the perfect way to introduce friends to ACHF. There are no tedious presentations or pitches — just an opportunity to be a pampered guest among some of the cultural and architectural heritage we work to preserve, and to enjoy the lively company of the community that works to protect it. Even though the emphasis is on holiday cheer, it’s always the most successful fundraiser of the year and is a significant source of new members. A good time is worth a thousand Power Points.

So, come and bring friends.

See you there.

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By Amy C. Kissane, Executive Director

A deeper understanding Thanks to ACHF Trustees Daniel Epting and Victoria Prevatt and A-CC Senior Planner Bruce Lonnee, we have kicked off a new series of brown bag lunches. The purpose of the lunches is to provide an informal public forum for exchange of information and ideas about topics of interest to the preservation community and beyond. The lunches are hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and take place every two months on the first Tuesday of the month. ACHF’s Community Engagement Committee plans the lunches, which are noon-1 p.m. and open to the public. We hope having the sessions during lunch at a place with ample parking, and of course accessible on foot, will increase attendance.

Bruce Lonnee presented programs for the first two. In July he talked about our local historic preservation ordinance and the local designation and design review process. Then, at September’s lunch, Bruce gave a great presentation about downtown Athens — the various jurisdictions, ordinances and regulations that influence our downtown and some of the current developments that are in progress or proposed.

On Nov. 4, Danny Sniff, Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning at the University of Georgia, presented a program on the development of UGA’s Preservation Master Plan, an initiative that was recently announced (see story on Page 6).

Then, in January, we will have a program about demolitionby-neglect – a term used in historic preservation ordinances referring to the act of doing harm to a historic building by virtue of doing nothing. There are communities that have very strong language in their ordinances about demolition-by-neglect, and PA G E

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the ordinances authorize local governments to pursue action against homeowners for demolition-by-neglect in local historic districts. Our goal is to present information about local building codes and how those codes can be used to protect historic buildings that are being neglected. The best thing about this topic is that it came out of the discussion at our September lunch.

And that IS the point of these lunches — to generate ongoing conversations about issues that affect our community and to be responsive to attendees’ interests.

So, please, if you have a topic you’d like to see presented, send me an email at achf@bellosuth.net.

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Athens by being a part of ACHF. Since 1967, the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation has been the leading advocate for not only preserving the history in Athens, but also looking towards its future. There is value in keeping historic structures — not only as a historical resource, but also as a living, breathing landmark that gives back to the community with everyone who walks, bikes or drives by.

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The University of Georgia is creating a preservation master plan for all of its structures across the state. The plan will establish a set of guidelines and decision-making matrix to help in evaluating the importance of university buildings and whether they warrant preservation, restoration or rehabilitation.

The planning process is being coordinated by the Office of University Architects with the assistance of the College of Environment and Design’s Center for Community Design and Preservation and Master of Historic Preservation Program. A steering group appointed by UGA President Jere W. Morehead is providing oversight.

“This plan is the next logical step in a continuum of successful preservation projects which have occurred over the last couple of decades,” said Daniel Nadenicek, dean of the College of Environment and Design and chair of the preservation plan steering group. “This is the right time to move forward. The technologies now at our disposal will be essential in ensuring the quality of our work.”

The first year of the plan calls for the inventory of most universityowned properties, structures and landscapes, including those in Athens, Tifton and Griffin, as well as all agricultural buildings.

“The number of potential historic resources around the state represents a formidable task,” said Scott Messer, UGA’s historic preservation planner and interim director of design for the architects office. “We are taking an individualized look at most resources owned or managed by the university. With a complete inventory in hand, we can develop policies and procedures for the stewardship of all of them. This process will guide and inform our facilities management and planning for years to come.”

Graduate assistants from the College of Environment and Design are conducting the survey of universityowned structures and landscapes with help from the FindIt Program, a CED public service and outreach program, and FindIt interns, who are assisting with documentation and data entry. The survey began in June and is almost halfway complete.

Master of Historic Preservation students are conducting historical research, organizing existing facilities data and noting any other resources such as historic landscapes and plant materials that may require additional investigation. Once the initial data is analyzed, the graduate assistants will assess areas in need of additional research and documentation.

After the survey, CED students, the University Architects Office, historic preservation faculty and the steering group will meet with Wiss, Janney, Elster Associates Inc., a Duluthbased firm serving as external consultant. The entire group will hold a workshop in spring 2015, where the graduate assistants will present their findings and all participants will work on establishing the guiding principles for the preservation master plan.

The consultant will then manage the remainder of the process in consultation with the steering group and university architects.

Members of the steering group are: Daniel Nadenicek, chair, dean of the College of Environment and Design Pat Allen, director of community relations, Office of Government Relations Gwynne Darden, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning, University Architects Sheila Davis, administrative specialist, Office of the President Bill McDonald, dean of students, Division of Student Affairs Henry Munneke, professor of real estate, Terry College of Business

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HANDS on ATHENS

By John Kissane, HOA administrator

A new approach to helping out On July 1, ACHF’s Hands On Athens program began its new, year-round approach to providing maintenance, repairs and landscape improvements for lower income Athens homeowners.

The idea had come up a few times in recent years but finally the timing seemed right. And so with approval of ACC Housing and Community Development, which provides ACHF with an annual Community Development Block Grant to run the program, we’ve ventured into new territory.

Key to making a year-round Hands On Athens program work will be involvement from a variety of local groups, clubs, churches and businesses, as well as individuals. We’ve always had a relatively easy time getting people to come out and volunteer each April during the annual three-day weekend, but now we need volunteers on a fairly regular basis. So we have begun developing a database of interested organizations and individuals, and each month, as applications are reviewed and accepted or declined, we try to match projects with volunteers and determine the ideal time for work to be done.

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Back in August, HOA was contacted by the Athens Jaycees who expressed interest in taking on a one-day project. We were pleased to learn that a few members of their group had carpentry skills, so they would be able to take on a project without the need for an outside volunteer to serve as the “house captain.” A house from our applicant database was identified as a likely candidate, and Jaycee member Chad Brown met with HOA logistics team member George Wright to meet with the homeowner and take a look.

Everything looked good, so plans were made to move forward.

At 8 a.m. on Oct. 11, 14 members of the Athens Jaycees gathered at the house and began work on extensive front porch repairs.

Other work included installation of a replacement basement door

and construction of a handrail along rock steps going down to the side yard. Work was completed around 1 p.m., a total of 70 man-hours donated by the Jaycees to significantly improve the residence.

This month, a men’s group from Oconee Street Methodist Church will take on a two-day project for HOA, and we’ll have an average of one to two projects per month going through the winter on into next spring.

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The Preservation Matters Lunch Series

HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PRESERVATION? Our series may help you answer it Join the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation for a series of lunchtime events aimed at engaging the community in conversations about preservation issues.

Dates: Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday,

Jan. 6 March 3 May 5 July 7

Anyone is welcome, and these lunches are a great time to rub shoulders with other community members and elected officials while having a discussion about preservation in the Athens-Clarke community. Have you ever wondered about the preservation process? Who makes the decisions? What are the rules?

Bring a lunch and join in the conversation!

Each session tackles a particular topic related to the issue, and includes a panel of community experts to lead a discussion. January’s topic will be “Demolition by Neglect” and include James Reap, a professor at the University of Georgia who specializes in historic preservation.

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Noon – 1pm

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Athens-Clarke Chamber of Commerce 246 West Hancock Ave. Athens, GA 30601

Do you have a topic you’d like to see addressed? Do you have a particular question or idea about historic preservation affecting our community?

Let us know and we’ll help find the right folks to get to the table.

To suggest a topic, contact Amy Kissane, ACHF executive director, at achf@bellsouth.net or 706-353-1801.

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LET’S RAMBLE!

ACHF hosts spring event for Georgia Trust

By Jan Levinson Hebbard

We are excited to announce that this spring The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will host its Spring Ramble event here in Athens! Scheduled for the weekend of April 17-19, this event will showcase historic properties in Athens and Lexington to attendees from across the state.

Rambles feature exclusive tours and social events in historic properties not usually open to the public. Tours of historic homes and buildings are self-guided, and guests provide their own transportation. Maps and programs are provided at packet pick-up. Catered meals are offered as part of registration packages; however, there are tour-only options as well.

These trips attract hundreds of participants per ramble and are offered two weekends each year (fall and spring).

Recent Rambles have been hosted in Madison, Milledgeville, LaGrange, Dahlonega and Macon.

Jan Levinson Hebbard, former ACHF board president, is chairing the local arrangements committee and working closely with a small group of Athenians as well as staff at the Trust to select venues and put together the itinerary for the event. Athens last hosted ramblers in 2006, so the committee is hard at work creating a new list of sites to highlight the best of Athens and Lexington.

A finalized itinerary of venues and ramble sites should be ready by early December and will be advertised on the AthensClarke Heritage Foundation website. The planning committee is hopeful that many locals will join in the fun and ramble alongside others from across the state and beyond. The Spring Ramble will serve as a fundraiser, proceeds of which will benefit both the Georgia Trust and the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. So please stay tuned as more information about this great event becomes available!

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Athens Welcome Center Update

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Courtesy of the “Growing Up in Athens, GA” Facebook page (winner of the 2013 ACHF annual award for publications), we bring you a few photos of Athens’ past. Do you know where these images were taken, and of what? For answers, see page 22.

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Celebrate the season with “Bells on Bloomfield,” ACHF’s annual Heritage Holiday Gala and fundraiser starting at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7.

ACHF’s Heritage Holiday Gala, the biggest and best holiday party of the year, is right around the corner, and you don’t want to miss it.

Hosted each December, the Gala brings together fabulous food and drink from Athens’ finest chefs and restaurants, incredible auction items, not to mention music, lights and camaraderie in one of our town’s historic neighborhoods.

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Winter gala event

Attendees will gather for Bells on Bloomfield in the Bloomfield National Register District. Located in the heart of Five Points, we’ll explore this historic neighborhood with its cozy park, tucked away just off Milledge Avenue and Lumpkin Street. As always, gracious homeowners are opening their homes for our enjoyment.

This year’s home hosts will be showcasing some of the very best in architecture and local history.

They are: Todd Emily Kim Klonowski and Dean Firschein Molly and Mike Moran Gene and Dev Weeks Starting at 5:00 p.m., attendees will be able to check-in under the tent, located in the Bloomfield

Neighborhood Park, where we’ll have registration, the silent and live auctions, and, later in the evening, dessert. Throughout the party, attendees can wander in and out of the host homes and explore the quaint neighborhood alley, while, of course, always keeping an eye on their auction bids.

A few words about the auction — the live and silent auctions, which celebrate local businesses and artists, are truly some of the highlights of the evening and are a huge part of making the Gala a successful fundraiser. From trips to art to shopping experiences and boutique treats and everything in between, the auction has something for everyone. Please plan to make participating in the auctions part of your evening.

A little about the neighborhood and our host homes: The Bloomfield National Register District is much larger than the area featured in this year’s Gala. Bloomfield Street is the central axis of the district, which runs from Rutherford on the south to Peabody on the north. The district is known for its late 19th and early 20th century architecture, and two of the homes featured were designed by noted local architect Frederick J. Orr. The Bloomfield Park, the centerpiece for this year’s Gala, was created in 1909 by developer John D. Mell “to be left as a park for the benefit of the abutting lots.” The houses around it were built in the early 20th century — 1910s along Cloverhurst Terrace, 1920s along Wilcox and 1930s along Cloverhurst Place. The park is considered county property under an Adopt Athens agreement with the Bloomfield Neighborhood Association and New Urban Forestry.

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Winter gala event

Gene and Dev Weeks Home, 183 Mell Street

“The gala provides a setting for people to celebrate the holidays in a giftwrap of history.”

This 1912, craftsman style, stucco house was built by Dr. John Pendleton Campbell, founder of UGA’s Department of Biology. It has always been a single family residence and was once the home of Dr. Rudie Driftmier, head of UGA’s Ag Engineering Department from 193065 and a significant figure in the development of UGA’s South Campus.

The Weeks family became the fourth owners of the house in 1971.

Kim Klonowski and Dean Firschein Home, 125 Wilcox Street This bungalow was built for Thomas Scott of Scott Hardware in 1921.

Abit Massey, the leader of the Georgia Poultry Federation for 48 years, grew up in the home (1930-40). After decades as a rental property and falling into disrepair, Bloomfield neighbors bought the home to prevent demolition. The house received the ACHF historic preservation award for Outstanding Rehabilitation in 2006 and has, once again, become an integral part of the neighborhood.

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Winter gala event

Molly and Mike Moran Home, 193 Mell Street This Fred Orr-designed, craftsman-style house celebrates its centenary this year! It was love at first sight for the Morans, who purchased the house in 1988 because it reminded Molly Moran of her grandmother’s old house in Boston with all its nooks, crannies and endearing charm.

BELLS ON BLOOMFIELD WHEN: 5:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 WHERE: Bloomfield Historic Neighborhood in Five Points HOW MUCH: Tickets are $50 for ACHF members and $75 for non-members, purchase of which includes a one-year membership in ACHF. MORE INFO: Visit www.achfonline.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

Todd Emily Home, 100 Cloverhurst Terrace This 1916 Tudor Revival home with hints of the Craftsman style was designed by Fred Orr for Dr. Linville Hendren, chair of UGA’s Department of Physics & Astronomy (190837). The interior is distinctly Craftsman with beautiful wood finishes.

After purchasing the home in 1996, Emily expanded the grounds to include a beautiful garden retreat, a destination for many gardening enthusiasts.

Questions? Call 706-353-1801 or email achf @ bellsouth.net.

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REMEMBER THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN?

It’s still around, and several groups are keeping it in the spotlight

Want more on the Downtown Master Plan? Visit

http://downtownathensmasterplan.wordpress.com

ACHF’s trip to Greenville earlier this year not only inspired a lot of discussion about the future of downtown Athens, but it also made a lot of people wonder — what’s happening with our own downtown master plan?

The short answer is, it depends on what piece of the plan you’re talking about.

One of the lessons learned from Greenville Mayor Knox White was the importance of both a plan and an overall vision for your downtown — and a vision that is flexible enough to adjust over time. ACHF, in response to this trip, and the Federation of Neighborhoods each hosted Jack Crowley, the mastermind behind the ADDA-sponsored master plan, this fall. The thinking, at least among ACHF’s group, was that if we could get some smaller pieces in place, others might be able to see the importance of the larger ones.

Commissioner Kelly Girtz, who was among the panelists at the Federation of Neighborhoods meeting in early October, said it’s likely there will be a committee assigned to go through the proposed plan and determine the PA G E

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best course of action. “There’s going to be an implementation committee; what that will do is set priority, in my mind at least, some timeframe of individual activities, as well as what the funding sources would be and the partners for each one,” he said.

“I think this will be a two-stage deal.

First would be to accept the report — we haven’t had it on a voting agenda yet. Then, there would be this second phase of planning the phases of funding.”

He noted, too, that several other entities would have to be on board before the commission goes ahead with the plan. For example, the federal government, which owns the federal courthouse downtown, would have to approve any changes to their property for a proposed greenspace running along Jackson Street.

Crowley’s team is also tying up a few details that would expand or enhance some of the projects in the master plan. For example, ways to expand the bike trail heading out of downtown or getting engineered specifications for a proposed street that would continue Pulaski past Broad Street.

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LYNDON HOUSE GAINS A BEDROOM!

Come celebrate the opening of the newly finished bedroom exhibit at the Ware-Lyndon House.

Since 1997, the Ware-Lyndon House Committee has worked to make the house museum one of hte finest in the Southeast. Now, on the 15th anniversary of the house museum’s opening, the committee is proud to celebrate its new bedroom exhibit.

The event takes place 5-7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 20 at the WareLyndon House Museum, 293 Hoyt St., Athens. The event is free and open to the public.

Special thanks to Athens-Clarke County, the Lyndon House Arts Foundation, ACHF and members of the Ware-Lyndon House Committee for their special contributions.

The new exhibit features period bedroom furnishings, including this antique cradle. The label on this Walker and Sneden self-rocking cradle.

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UGA and ACHF Team Up For Beech Haven

By Cari Goetcheus, associate professor in UGA’s College of Environment and Design

In July, the Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, in partnership with the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design’s Cultural Landscape Lab, received grant funding from the WatsonBrown Foundation to document the cultural landscape of Beech Haven.

The class documented landscape features around the summer house on the property.

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Earlier this past spring, the UGA graduate program in historic preservation used Beech Haven as a class project for its Cultural Resource Assessment class. Luckily, another College of Environment and Design class had already done some baseline ecological mapping, so the class was able to take advantage of those efforts, and add to them. The students in the Cultural Resource Assessment class did historic research on a variety of topics including the Rowland Family, deed and plat research,

UGA students work on historic research about the Beech Haven property.

the Arts and Crafts movement and the development of Athens from the early 1800s to present to learn what role Beech Haven and the Rowland family may have played in that development. The class also had the opportunity to undertake several oral histories with Charles Rowland II family descendants, and learned a great deal of information not found in archives. Further, fieldwork was done to map major features of the site.

The result of all that work was a strong historic context, a general map of major features of the site, as well as the beginning of a “memory record” of Beech Haven based on family member recollections.

The Watson-Brown grant funding allows the documentation to continue, picking up where the spring class left off. I taught the spring course, and I’m teaching a Cultural Landscape Documentation class this fall. The students in that class will focus on more detailed documentation of landscape features around the summer house, as well as documenting some of the oldest family parcels — the log cabin, the Jack Rowland property and Walnut Hill. The Watson-Brown grant has allowed the Cultural Landscape Lab to hire a historic preservation graduate student to assist with all these efforts.

The overarching goal of the project funded by Watson-Brown is to create a baseline historical narrative and associated maps for the property.

Ideally, those foundational, historically significant documents can guide Athens-Clarke County and ACHF to conserve the property’s natural and cultural resources. To do that, there are a few specific objectives: crafting a site chronology, creating a historic site narrative, mapping known cultural resource locations and conditions, and, as possible, draft a National Register of Historic Places nomination form.​ HE RI T A GE

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2014-2015 DAY/TIME/DATE Sun, 2pm November 16 Thurs November 20 Sunday December 7 Tue, Noon January 6 February (TBD)

Tue, Noon March 3 Fri-Sun April 17-19

WHAT/WHERE Athens Heritage Walks Series: Dearing Street National Register District Bedroom grand opening, Historic Ware-Lyndon House Museum Heritage Holiday Gala: Bells on Bloomfield Brown Bag Lunch Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Athens African-American History Tour with Rosa Thurmond Athens Welcome Center/Classic City Tours Brown Bag Lunch Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation SPRING RAMBLE

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Answers from Page 12

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

1. This photo was taken at 101 E. Clayton Street in the early 1900s. Today it is home to Horton’s Drugs.

2. This is Martin’s Food Market, formerly located at 512 W. Broad St., at the corner of Newton and Broad Street. Across the street was the Snack Shack, a popular hangout for University of Georgia students in the 1950s.

3. This is Duncan’s Grocery, located at 498 Madison Avenue, which is now known as North Avenue. It was located just before the bridge as you drive out of town. From the Growing Up in Athens, GA page: “Arthur Duncan owed and operated a tiny grocery store on Broad Street about a block from the river, for many years. In about 1967 I finally got there with a decent camera to photograph the store inside and out. In about 1969, the whole neighborhood was “urban-renewed” out of existence, and nothing recognizable exists in this location today, not even the street itself. This 1967 photo shows Arthur in the doorway of the store, which he owned and ran from the 1940s to 1969.”

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Historic Properties and Museums Athens Historic House Museum Association Church-Waddel-Brumby House Museum Historic Fire Hall No. 2 Ware-Lyndon House Museum

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Athens Welcome Center Classic City Tours Façade Easements Hands On Athens Historic Preservation Revolving Fund Annual Historic Preservation Awards

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