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Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery

African-American cemeteries in Georgia (U.S. state)African-American history of Georgia (U.S. state)Buildings and structures completed in 1882Buildings and structures in Athens, GeorgiaCemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Georgia
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, Morton Family Plot, photographer facing south
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, Morton Family Plot, photographer facing south

Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery was founded in 1882 as a cemetery for African Americans in the 216th general militia district, Athens, Georgia area. Nine acres in size, it contains an estimated 3,500, mostly unmarked, graves.The Gospel Pilgrim Society founded the cemetery and was "a social and charitable burial insurance organization". The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.In 2008, the Georgia Historical Society, along with the East Athens Development Corporation, Inc., erected a Georgia Historical Marker at Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery. The marker is located at 4th Street, north of Evelyn C. Neely Drive in Athens.

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Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Fourth Street, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

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30601 Athens-Clarke County Unified Government
Georgia, United States
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Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, Morton Family Plot, photographer facing south
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Downtown Athens Historic District
Downtown Athens Historic District

The Downtown Athens Historic District is a historic area in the Downtown Athens neighborhood of Athens, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Its boundaries were revised twice, in 1984 and 2006, and additional documentation was filed in 2006.The original listing area includes Early Commercial architecture, Renaissance architecture, and Greek Revival architecture in 82 contributing buildings and two contributing buildings in a 40-acre (16 ha) area roughly bounded by Hancock Ave., Foundry, and Mitchell. It includes work dating back to 1833. It includes the Franklin House, which is separately listed on the National Register, and the Clarke County Courthouse. Historic functions served include rail transportation, dwelling, and commerce/trade.The most prominent resources in the original listing include: Clarke County Courthouse (Athens, Georgia) (c. 1914), E. Washington Street, in yellow brick, designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown Franklin House (c. 1845), 464-474 E. Broad Street, Greek Revival Whitmire Furniture Company, 382 E. Broad, (1896) Athens Refrigeration and Appliance Company (1889), 312 E. Broad Street Old National Bank Building (c. 1866), 295 E. Broad Street, "Gothic-inspired", stuccoed but in pattern resembling masonry Athens Savings Bank (c. 1885), now the Charles Parrott Insurance Agency, 283 E. Broad Street, Richardsonian Romanesque stone obelisks, one to commemorate Elijah Clarke and the Revolutionary War, one to commemorate the Civil War and veterans from Clarke County who died in the War, in the center of Broad Street Kenwin Building (c. 1890), 125 E. Clayton Street Haygood Building (c. 1885), 151 E. Clayton Street Building at 216-220 E. Clayton Street Michael Brothers (now Davison's) (1921), 320-350 E. Clayton Street, designed by Neel Reid Austin Furniture Company, 361 E. Clayton Street Building at 351 E. Clayton Street Building at 263-288 Lumpkin Street and 104-106 E. Washington The Georgian Hotel (c. 1908), 247 E. Washington Street (photo 20 in 2006 documentation), five-story Classical Revival building designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown Athens Fire Station No. 1 (1912) still functioning as a fire station in 1977 Athens City Hall, a two-story yellow brick Renaissance Revival style building with a clock tower (photo 18 in 2006 documentation) United States Post Office and Courthouse (1941), in Stripped Classical style (photo 22 in 2006 documentation) First Presbyterian Church (1856), Greek Revival-style (photo 22 in 2006 documentation and more on College Avenue and elsewhere, including a double-barreled cannon.The boundary increase of 1984 added buildings on the west side of Lumpkin Street. Its seven contributing buildings are two-story commercial buildings with party walls, in a 1-acre (0.40 ha) area. One was the Georgia Theatre, an Art Deco movie theater from the 1920s, and the other buildings then held retail stores, offices, a printing shop, and a laundry.The revision in 2006 added new area, removed some area, and added additional documentation. The increased area, roughly bounded by Dougherty St., Thomas St., Hickory St., Broad St. South St. and Pulaski St., was 24 acres, with 25 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure. It includes Federal and Greek Revival architecture, and some work of architect A. Ten Eyck Brown and some property controlled by the U.S. Postal Service. Historic functions included: domestic; commerce/trade; government; religion; recreation and culture; industry/processing/extraction; health care Historic subfunction: single dwelling; business; city hall; religious structure; theater; communications facility; clinic.