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 century neighborhood intact and protected. Originally home to skilled tradesman, clerks, and small business owners who built unpretentious but charming cottages in the Southern vernacular style, the area was also home to several prominent Athens’ industries such as L. M. Leathers Company, McGinty’s Planing Mill and the Southern Cotton Oil Co. Its current residents have maintained a close-knit but individualistic lifestyle and have embraced the eclectic neighborhood of lovely bungalows, industrial buildings and trains. One of its well-known residents was John Linley—an architect, author and professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Environmental Design who bought a home on Pulaski Street in 1967. He championed in-town living at a time when people were fleeing to the suburbs and turned his 1905 home and landscape into a unique oasis to which he welcomed all. The area is home to artists, small business owners, and professionals who have adopted his example of bringing your own aesthetic and putting your heart into your house and yard. This tour will last approximately 2 hours.