Beautiful Athens Homes Adorn the Classic City
A survey highlights historic and elegant residences in Athens including General Howell Cobb's Old Home, Joseph Henry Lumpkin's antebellum house, Dr. Crawford W. Long's observatory of anaesthesia, and Captain James White's former home. Noted locales on Milledge Avenue feature Judge John R White, Billups Phinizy, L. F. Edwards, and W. P. Welch residences, praised for architecture and grounds.
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Howell Cobb
Georgia
Joseph Henry Lumpkin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Crawford W. Long
Capt
James White
Benjamin H. Hill
Messrs
E.R. Hodgson
Billups Phinizy
L. F. Edwards
John R. White
W. P. Welch
Milledge Avenue
Athens
Afatuary Hall
Washington
Prince Avenue
Chase Street
T. J
IF. O. Shackelford
Long
John T. Grant
Capt. White
National Bank of Athene
Chief Justice Lumpkin's Athens Home Now Chi Phi Chapter House
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, first Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice and Athens resident, built the Prince avenue residence later occupied by the Chi Phi fraternity. The home housed Home School, the women’s education institution run by Madame Sophie Sosnowski and Miss Callie Sosnowski for years.
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Joseph Henry Lumpkin
Supreme Court
Chi Phi Fraternity
The Old Howell Cobb Place
The former residence of General Howell Cobb in Georgia was moved from its central block site after Mrs. Cobb’s death and is now a Phi Delta Theta chapter house on Hill Street. The antebellum mansion remains a prominent local landmark.
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Georgia
Howell Cobb
Hill Street
General Cobb
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Clarke County
John R
White
Whitehall
Architectural Beauty
W P. Welch
MR. Billups Phinny
Ordoro
Billops
W Ry
Ionable
Mr. Shinizy
Ferdinand Phintzy
Prises
Athena
Mr. Edwards
MR. E. R. Hodgson
Edward R. Hodgson, Sr
Chief Justice Lumpkin
Sophie Sosnowski
Miss Callie Sosnowski
The
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity