Site tied to the Ladies Garden Club of Athens, founded in 1891 and honored as America's first garden club; its founders are memorialized in UGA's Founders Memorial Garden.
First Home of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
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First Home of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 1964. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.9542, -83.3762 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Garden Club (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia Museum of Natural History, University of Georgia Campus Arboretum, and University of Georgia Observatory.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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