Woodlawn Historic District

Woodlawn Avenue in Athens, Georgia, is lined with a compact group of early 20th-century houses, one to two stories tall and built of brick, wood, stucco and stone. Most are Bungalow/Craftsman in form, with gabled fronts, columned porches and bracketed eaves, while others add Colonial Revival, Classical Revival or Tudor Revival features. One brick Classical Revival house was designed by Athens architect Fred Orr. The land was part of the estate of Mrs. N. Adams until it was platted in 1909 as the Rutherford Survey and then subdivided further; most houses went up between 1916 and the early 1920s. The straight street, rectangular lots, shared setbacks and large hardwood trees give the area a park-like feel. It is one of only two Athens districts made up entirely of early 20th-century architecture, and it shows a family estate gradually becoming a neighborhood. Early residents included many professionals and University of Georgia faculty and staff.