Presence of the Past:

Historic Houses of Athens
23 minute color VHS video   temporarily out of print

1. Barrow-Tate House on Dearing Street (guided tour by Mrs. Susan Frances Barrow Tate, widow of Dean William Tate. Mrs. Tate died in 2003.)

2. Camak House on Pope Street, now fully restored and used a law office

3. Church-Waddel-Brumby House, now the Athens Welcome Center

4. Howell Cobb-Leathers House on Hill Street, now a private residence (guided tour by Sarah Erwin Leathers)

5. Franklin-Upson House on Prince Avenue, now Bank South branch

6. Hamilton-Hodgson House on Milledge Avenue, now a sorority house

7. Hamilton-Phinizy-Segrest House on Milledge Avenue, now a sorority house

8. Homewood on Dearing Street, a private residence (guided tour by John Barrow)

9. Jester House on Cobb Street, now a private residence

10. Lumpkin-Mell House, originally stood on corner of Milledge Avenue and Rutherford Street, demolished in the 1960s

11. E.K. Lumpkin House on Prince Avenue, site of the organizational meeting of the first ladies garden club in 1892, now part of the Young Harris United Methodist Church complex

12. Michael Brothers’ Mansions, originally stood on Prince Avenue between the UGA President’s Home and the Taylor-Grady House, demolished in 1960s.

13. Moss Side on Cobb Street, now a private residence of a Moss descendant

14. Newton House on Prince Avenue, now a doctors’ office

15. UGA President’s Home on Prince Avenue (tour of house and box gardens)

16. Sledge-Cobb-Spalding House on Cobb Street, now a private residence (video tour of downstairs interior)

17. Taylor-Grady House on Prince Avenue, restored by Athens Junior League, now available for parties, weddings, etc.

18. Thomas-Carithers House on Milledge Avenue, now a sorority house

19. Thurmond-Cofer House, demolished in the 1960s

20. Treanor House on Lumpkin Street, now owned by the University of Georgia (guided tour by Mrs. Susan Frances Barrow Tate)

21. James White, Jr., House on Prince Avenue, now a fraternity house