The Woodlawn Historic District is the area located on both sides of Woodlawn Avenue between South Milledge Avenue and Stanton Way.

This three block area covering approximately ten acres includes 21 lots facing Woodlawn Avenue. A sidestreet to the west of South Milledge, Woodlawn Avenue is free of street intersections for the length of the district. The early-twentieth century residences of this small urban enclave were built on rectangular lots of similar size and uniform setbacks. Craftsman style dwellings with Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival details dominate the district. The houses, ranging from small cottages to more elaborate buildings, are sheathed with weatherboard, brick, wooden shingles, and stucco -- either alone or in combination. Common details include shallow pitched roofs with wide eaves, exposed rafters, and shed dormers, with window lights typically 9/1 and 12/1. The removal of one building, the reorientation of the corner property at Stanton Way, and the construction of two noncontributing buildings, are the only changes in the original layout of the neighborhood.

Prior to 1909 the Woodlawn area was part of the estate of Mrs. N. Adams; it became known as the "Rutherford Survey" when platted that year. Before 1915 the plat was divided and subdivided for development as a residential neighborhood. Most of the houses were constructed between 1916 and the early 1920s. Although most of Athens's historic neighborhoods date well back into the nineteenth century, the Woodlawn and Milledge Circle Historic Districts were the only two planned and developed entirely in the early twentieth century. Woodlawn was the only local development of a residential neighborhood that occurred through successive subdivisions of a single piece of property.

The Woodlawn Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (October 23, 1987) and has been locally designated as a Historic District (February 2, 1988).