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Cook & Brother Plaza in Athens, Georgia

Cook & Brother Plaza in Athens is an unlit pedestrian zone and it runs in a north-south direction. Nearby you can find 11 tourist information centers. The nearest bus stop is Chicopee (about 0 m away).

Road Type
pedestrian zone
Route
north-south

Tourist information centers

  • Mill Products. Threads, cords and ropes producedthe the Athens Manufacturing Company..
  • Mill Products: Weaponry. The Cook brothers came to Athens to manufacture guns for the Confederate Army..
  • Mill Products: Lumber, Grist, And Ginning. Athens’ first settlers used the huge forests and fertile slil of the area tk build their homes and provide food and clothing materials..
  • Making Things In The Mill: Waterwheel To Product. Many different products were manufactured in the Athens mills, but the mills all worked in a similar way..
  • Water Power. When using a creek or river to power a mill, water is channeled along a man-made headrace to direct it to the waterwheel..
  • Making Things In The Mill: Textiles. Making textiles from raw cotton requires several steps..
  • Mill Products. Threads, cords and ropes manufactured at the Athens Manufacturing Company..
  • Water Power: Water And Gravity. The force of gravity pulls us towards the ground. This force also pulls downhill, and provides power to do work..
  • Making Things In The Mill: Textiles. Weaving fabric required very skilled workers..
  • Water Power: Waterwheels. Up until 1918 the textile mills along the river were powered directly by water using turbine waterwheels..
  • Making Things In The Mill: Weaponry. Water provided the power to saw, bore, mill, forge, cast and polish high quality rifles, carbines, and bayonets at the Cook & Brother Armory during the Civil War..
  • Making Things In The Mill: Sawing. Coming to the sawmill with felled trees, the settlers would leave with sawn timber to build their houses, barns and furniture..
  • Dudley Park, Firefly & Greenway Trails.
  • Dudley Park, Firefly & Greenway Trails.

Streets nearby

East Broad Street
East Broad Street at Derby Street, Traffic E Broad at The Foundation Apt, East Broad and Dublin Street, East Broad Street at South Peter Street, Blue Sky Bar, Mr. Haircut, Agora Vintage, Lions Vape, Dooley's Bar & Grill, Bubble Cafe, East Broad Street and Willow Street; E Broad and Willow St, East Broad Street and Willow Street Outbound, Reddy Urgent Care, Canyons, Cellphone & Computer Repair, Truist, Truist Dawg, The Arch, Chicopee OB, Buddha Bar, Porterhouse Grill, Empourium Rooftop and Lounge, Cloud 9 Smoke & Vape, The Double Barrel, Duke's & Dottie's, Osteria Athena, Chick-fil-A, Broad and Lumpkin Outbound, Chipotle, Stoner’s Pizza, Mother Phở, Bel Jean Copy & Print, Queen Tea, Wells Fargo, UGA Arch (Downtown Athens), Leigh Ann Barnes, The Place, Target
500 ft
North Oconee River Greenway
North Oconee River Greenway, The Millstone, Grist Mills: Cornmeal and Flour, Chicopee, College Avenue Trailhead, River Overlook Civil War Defenses, Hanna Manufacturing Co. Baseball Bats and Railroads, Oak Street at Poplar Street Outbound, Williams and Oconee Outbound, School of Social Work, Carriage Lane Trailhead
550 ft
Mulberry Street
Park Map
0.1 mi
Pottery Street
0.1 mi
First Street
1st and MLK-Chicopee Inbound, 1st Street at 4th Street Strickland Corner Outbound, 1st Street at Wateroak Street and Odd Street Outbound, 3rd St at 1st St Corner
0.2 mi
Willow Street
325 Willow Street
0.2 mi
Wilkerson Street
0.2 mi
Doctor Martin Luther King Parkway
0.2 mi
North Poplar Street
East Broad Street at North Poplar Street Outbound
0.2 mi
South Poplar Street
Oconee School
0.2 mi
Branch Street
0.2 mi
Oconee Street
Oconee Street at Park and Ride Outbound, Oconee Street Methodist Church, University of Georgia Police Department, Blenderz Smoothies & Bowls, Shell, 1321 Oconee Street, Blink
0.2 mi
Herman Street
0.2 mi
Oak Street
Oak Street at Carr Street Outbound, Metro by T-Mobile, Vapped, 235 Oak Street at Poplar Street Inbound, Lickin Chicken, 337 Oak Street
0.3 mi
Braswell Drive
0.3 mi
Aguar Plaza
0.3 mi
South Peter Street
0.3 mi
Peter Street
0.3 mi
Vine Street
Vine St and 1st St, Vine St at Vine Cir, Vine St Between Arch St And Dublin St
0.3 mi
Firefly Trail
Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles, Georgia Railroad Trestle
0.3 mi
Summerwood Place
0.3 mi
Chicopee Boulevard
0.3 mi
Herring Street
0.3 mi
North Peter Street
Peter Street at Moreland Avenue, Peter and Vine Street
0.3 mi
Second Street
0.3 mi
Harper Street
0.4 mi
Hillside Street
0.4 mi
Vine Circle
0.4 mi
Oakridge Avenue
0.4 mi
Rear Arch Street
0.4 mi
Trail Creek Trail
Tusman Fix It Station
0.5 mi

Apartment buildings nearby

Eclipse on Broad
0.2 mi

Auto repair shops nearby

Tire Depot
0.2 mi

Gardens nearby

Connect to Protect
0.1 mi

Parks nearby

North Oconee River Park
0.3 mi
Dudley Park
0.3 mi

Places of worship nearby

New Dorsey Tabernacle Baptist Church
0.1 mi
New Faith Tabernacle Church
0.3 mi
Full Gospel Tabernacle
0.3 mi

Residential areas nearby

The Mark
0.2 mi
The Rive
0.2 mi

Restaurants nearby

Weaver D's
500 ft
Mama's Boy
0.3 mi

Streams nearby

Trail Creek
0.2 mi

University buildings nearby

Chicopee Building 4
0.1 mi
Chicopee Building 8
0.1 mi
Chicopee Building 2
0.1 mi
Chicopee Building 3
0.1 mi
Chicopee Building 7
0.3 mi