DAVID C. BARROW SCHOOL

The David C. Barrow School, also known as the Lumpkin School, is located at 100 Pinecrest Street (Tax Parcel No. 17-3-A1-F-004), north of Five Points and east of the Lumpkin Street traffic artery.

This large brick building was originally a rectangular but asymmetrical structure built in 1923 with classrooms on only one side of the main hallway. It took on its current irregular form through the construction of several additions. The present double-gable roof resulted from classrooms being added along the main hall of the original building. Doorways on either end of this corridor have gabled-roof entry porches with exposed rafter ends and supporting brackets, typical of the Craftsman style. The older sections of the school feature Flemish bond and decorative brickwork, and panels appear over the windows in the customary location for transoms. Recessed side entrances of the original building display arched doorways with an entablature and flanking columns. A brick tower with a pyramidal roof calls attention to the juncture of the wings of the older building and a later addition built in two-story Prairie style. Other additions built in 1986 mimic the original structure by utilizing gables, a similar cornice, and round vents.
 
 

Opened in 1923, the institution was named after then Chancellor of the University of Georgia, David C. Barrow, reputed to be one of the foremost educators in America. The building remains one of the two oldest schools still operating in Athens; the other is Chase Street School, built the same year. The Oconee Street and College Avenue schools are older but have been adaptively converted to office use.

The David Barrow School is locally designated as a Historic Landmark (January 8, 1991).

The Bishop House, also known as the Bishop Cottage, is located on the east side of Jackson Street (Tax Parcel No. 17-1), which bounded the eastern edge of the campus of Franklin College, the original nucleus of the University of Georgia.

This one-and-one-half-story brick structure, built on a four-over-four, room central hall plan with a one-story front porch, sits on a raised basement concealed by the hillside slope of the lot. Representative of the Greek Revival style, twin Doric columns support its small pediment. A stringcourse delineates the main floor level, and whitewashed stone lintels accent the windows. The main entrance features a transom and sidelights.