The Life and Times of Two Athens Families

Built around 1850 by physician and first Athens mayor Edward Ware, this Greek Revival home later passed to druggist Edward Lyndon's family; it is the last survivor of the once-fashionable Lickskillet neighborhood.

The Life and Times of Two Athens Families is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County. 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 33.9638, -83.3763 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 Parterre Gardens of Athens, Ware-Lyndon House Garden Features, and Origins of Formal Parterre Gardens/Gardens of the Antebellum South & Athens.

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