GeorgiaThe Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens is a community arts complex built around the historic Ware-Lyndon House, a circa-1850 late Greek Revival residence with Italianate detailing that is the last surviving structure of the city's antebellum Lickskillet neighborhood. The house was home to physician Edward R. Ware and later Edward S. Lyndon, and the city of Athens acquired it in 1939, restoring it in 1960; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In 1973 the site launched Athens's first government-sponsored community arts program, and Athens-Clarke County later expanded the campus with a modern gallery, children's wing, class studios, and festival grounds. Today the center pairs the restored historic-house museum with contemporary exhibitions, art classes, and community programming.
Lyndon House Arts Center
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Lyndon House Arts Center is a museum in Athens, Athens-Clarke County. It is one of 8 museums documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.9639, -83.3756 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ware-Lyndon House Through the Years (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Life and Times of Two Athens Families, The Parterre Gardens of Athens, and Ware-Lyndon House Garden Features.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens is a community arts complex built around the historic Ware-Lyndon House, a circa-1850 late Greek Revival residence with Italianate detailing that is the last surviving structure of the city's antebellum Lickskillet neighborhood. The house was home to physician Edward R. Ware and later Edward S. Lyndon, and the city of Athens acquired it in 1939, restoring it in 1960; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In 1973 the site launched Athens's first government-sponsored community arts program, and Athens-Clarke County later expanded the campus with a modern gallery, children's wing, class studios, and festival grounds. Today the center pairs the restored historic-house museum with contemporary exhibitions, art classes, and community programming.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgaccgov.com
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