Historical Marker

Robert Toombs Oak

Athens · Athens-Clarke County · Erected 1987

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

A storied campus oak marked where expelled student turned statesman Robert Toombs supposedly returned to deliver a speech so stirring it emptied the chapel; legend says it died after he did, falling in 1908.

About this site

Robert Toombs Oak is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 1987. 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 33.9568, -83.3751 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chapel Bell (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Red and Black, Holmes/Hunter Academic Building, and Herty Field.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.9568, -83.3751 · Athens, Athens-Clarke County

Directions (Apple)Google Maps View map

Get Georgia Roam — 12,000+ historic sites in your pocket

See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Georgia on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.

or open the live map in your browser →

Free · ad-free · the iOS app and the web map share one account, so your visits sync across both

Nearby in Athens-Clarke County

Holmes/Hunter Academic Building

University of Georgia

Commeration of the Golden Anniversary of a Classic Partnership

Athens · 2004

Historical Marker

Site of First Classes