Athens City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Athens

Athens City Historical Markers

Athens Churches

Beth Salem Presbyterian Church

Beth Salem Presbyterian Church is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesRural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS... [click for more]

Bethsalem Presbyterian Church

In August 1866, the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church was the first African-American church organized in the area of McMinn, Meigs, and Polk counties. The... [click for more]

Athens Schools

Old College

Old College is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Tennessee Wesleyan College

Organized in 1857 as Athens Female College and sponsored then by the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The name of the col... [click for more]

Athens Historic Homes & Houses

Alexander H. Keith House

Alexander H. Keith House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

John A. Turley House

John A. Turley House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

William Lowry House

William Lowry House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Athens General Interest

Battle of Athens ~ August 1 - 2, 1946

The Battle of Athens was an armed revolt that gained national attention. Attempting to end the control of an entrenched political machine, World War I... [click for more]

John Tyler Morgan

300 yards east is the house in which John Tyler Morgan (1824?1907) was born. A brigadier general in the Confederate Army, he later served for 30 years... [click for more]

Petty-Manker Hall (1913-2000)

Petty-Manker Hall was built in 1913 as a dormitory for men. It was named in honor of the Reverend J.S. Petty and the Reverend J.J. Manker, class of 1... [click for more]

Samuel Cleage

This was one of the houses built by this itinerant contractor, who left Botetourt Co., Va., in 1823 and made his way south building houses, taking pay... [click for more]

The Nocatula Legend ~ The Hackberry and The Oak

A wounded English officer from Fort Loudon was befriended by an Indian Chief and nursed back to health by Nocatula, daughter of the Chief. The soldier... [click for more]