See Athens-Clarke County like never before through the eyes of Athenians with a passion for the past. Each walking tour is hosted by a distinctive personality whose knowledge and experience bring a unique and colorful pespecitve to our local history.

NOTE: tours are in alphabetical order. For a chronological list, click on the link at the top right.

with Maxine Easom
Saturday, August 28 at 10 am
Saturday, September 11 at 10 am
This scenic prominence of land that begins at the eastern bank of the North Oconee River just below downtown is home to Clarke County’s earliest and most significant history. It is here where wealthy landowner William Carr and his young bride built a home [...]

with Milton Leathers
Thursday, August 26 at 7 pm
Sunday, September 26 at 2 pm
John Addison Cobb laid out 80 lots on his land in 1834 for a speculative development characterized as a “town in the woods.” In the antebellum period, wealthy Athenians built suburban villas on its expansive lots, but, by the time of the Civil [...]

with Hubert McAlexander
Saturday, September 25 at 10 am
Saturday, October 23 at 10 am
Dearing Street is the quintessential old Southern neighborhood of gracious homes and gardens. The land was originally part of the 633-acre tract that John Milledge purchased and donated for the University of Georgia, portions of which were sold over the years to raise money [...]

with Amy Andrews
Thursday, August 19 at 7 pm
Ask a current or former Athenian to name their favorite places in Athens, and Prince Avenue is guaranteed to be on the list. The stately Greek Revival and Victorian homes, flowering dogwoods, deep-set lawns, mature trees, street-front commercial buildings, and neighborhood character of this busy historic corridor combine to [...]

with Amy Andrews
Saturday, October 2 at 10:30 am
Prince Avenue is a foodies delight with one-of-a-kind cafes, bakeries, and bars that have become entwined with its character—whether housed in a historic building or adaptively renovating some of the more contemporary buildings to create a unique ambience. Share the inside scoop on the unique restaurants that call [...]

with John Waters
Sunday, October 10 at 2 pm
Sunday, November 7 at 2 pm
Affectionately known as “High Ball Hill,” Milledge Circle is a neighborhood of flowing lawns and gracious homes of distinct architectural styles. It is a classic example of an early 20th century landscaped suburb whose residents have contributed greatly to the history of the [...]

with Danny Sniff
Thursday, July 29 at 7 pm (reservation deadline: July 26)*
Thursday, August 5 at 7 pm (reservation deadline: August 2)*
In 1860, the University of Georgia constructed Rock College, a preparatory school on 30 acres of land off Prince Avenue. Between 1862 and 1891, the school served the educational needs of Georgia in a variety [...]

with Ben Emanuel and Janet Clark
Sunday, October 17 at 1 pm
Sunday, October 31 at 1 pm
Athens is graced with two major rivers that have been vital to its development and are the source of its oldest history, yet they remain an undiscovered resource for many Athenians. In 1783, the Oconee River Basin was the western [...]

with Charlotte Marshall
Sunday, November 14 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, November 20 at 10 am
The beautiful monuments among the rolling hills of the historic Oconee Hill Cemetery memorialize a cross-section of Athens old and new. Many names, such as Lumpkin, Cobb, Church, and Hill, have long been fused with Athens’ history, while others, such as Dean Rusk, [...]

with David Bryant
Sunday, September 12 at 2:00 pm

Saturday, October 30 at 10 am

Pulaski Heights is one of Athens’ best kept secrets—a hidden gem of a neighborhood a stone’s throw away from vibrant downtown and Prince Avenue. Its narrow streets, natural ravines and the Seaboard Coastline railroad tracks which bisect it have served to keep the early-twentieth [...]

with David Hally and Bob Skarda
Sunday, August 22 at 2 pm
Sunday, September 19 at 2 pm
The Scull Shoals village site in northwest Greene County is rich in pre-historic, Native American and early American history. After the Revolutionary War, land-hungry settlers pressed against the Oconee River frontier, and a settlement was established at the site in [...]

with Lee Epting & John Knowlton
Tuesday, September 7 at 6:30 pm
Saturday, November 6 at 10 am
1800 Crescent Lane, also known as “The Hill” is an enclave of several historic homes that were saved from demolition and moved to the site. The Hill had its origins with Lee Epting’s grandparents, The Daniels, who lived there [...]

with Buck and Diane Adams
Saturday, November 13 at 10 am
The West Cloverhurst/Springdale Historic District occupies land that belonged to an experimental farm developed by New Jersey native John Meeker in the late 19th century. In 1885 Henry Hull Carlton bought Meeker’s property and built a large Second Empire style dwelling, the axial driveway of which [...]