with Jim Barrow

Thursday, October 28, 7:00

Friday, October 29, 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 30, 7:00 pm

Sunday, October 31, 7:00 pm

We have a few spots available for the Sunday, October 31 tour–Halloween night! Please call Amy Andrews at 706-248-6898 to register or for more information.

History, haunts, legends, ghostly apparitions, cold spots, tragic lovers, restless Confederate soldiers and unearthed coffins. Folklore and history come alive beneath the Greek columns and magnolias of the Classic City. Since being founded in 1801, Athens’ rich history has provided accounts of strange events and ghostly experiences. Follow your guide on a journey of Athens’ darker history. On this two-hour tour of downtown Athens and UGA’s North Campus, you will hear tales of spirits, hauntings, superstitions, mysteries, murders, suicide and other legends of the Classic City.

Your Tour Guide:

Jim Barrow attends the University of Georgia where he is majoring in theatre and political science. He has a life-long interest in acting, singing and dancing and has performed with the Athens Creative Theatre, Oconee Youth Playhouse, Athens Little Playhouse, Arts! Oglethorpe, and Town and Gown. He most recently performed in the UGA Department of Theatre’s production of The Arabian Nights. Barrow works as a college instructor with the etiquette and dance school Perfectly Polished and at the University of Georgia Library. He is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and sings in the choir at First Baptist Church in Athens. He is the nephew of U. S. Representative John Barrow, grandson of Clarke County Superior Court Judge James Barrow and Phyllis Barrow, and great-great-great nephew of David C. Barrow, the chancellor of the University of Georgia from 1906-1925.

with Maxine Easom Saturday, August 28 at 10 am SOLD OUT! Saturday, September 11 at 10 am SOLD OUT!   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 [...]

with Milton Leathers Thursday, August 26 at 7 pm SOLD OUT! Sunday, September 26 at 2 pm SOLD OUT! 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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

with John Waters Sunday, October 10 at 2 pm Sunday, November 7 at 2 pm   Milledge Circle from Five Points to West Lake Drive illustrates two types of suburban development in early Twentieth Century Athens: that stimulated by streetcars and that stimulated by the automobile. Evolving from an antebellum farm, Milledge Circle represents suburban [...]

with Danny Sniff Thursday, July 29 at 7 pm (reservation deadline: July 26)* Thursday, August 5 at 7 pm (reservation deadline: August 2)* SOLD OUT! 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 [...]

with Ben Emanuel and Janet Clark Sunday, October 17 at 1 pm SOLD OUT! 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 [...]

with Charlotte Marshall Sunday, November 14 at 2:00 pm   SOLD OUT! Saturday, November 20 at 10 am   SOLD OUT! 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’ [...]

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 [...]

Today, only three partial walls of this c. 1846 brick warehouse and store remain. Image courtesy of Jack Wynn, Friends of Scull Shoals. with David Hally and Bob Skarda 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 [...]

with Lee Epting & John Knowlton Tuesday, September 7 at 6:30 pm   SOLD OUT! Saturday, November 6 at 10 am   SOLD OUT! 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 [...]

  405 W. Cloverhurst Avenue, unusual Tudor Revival style house built c.1936 by Dr. J. Weyman Davis, Athens physician and surgeon. 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 [...]

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 [...]