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GAINESVILLE
H A L L C O U N T Y GEORGIA - USA
CULTURE & LEISURE Gainesville Theatre Alliance
CULTURE & LEISURE
In Hall County
Gainesville and Hall County offer a variety
Oof activities to excite every interest.
utdoor adventurers will love Lake Garden, the White Path Cabin, multiple through the beautiful Green Street
Sidney Lanier’s vast recreational exhibits, and monthly adult and children’s Historical District, listed on the National
opportunities including boating, programming bring the area’s distinctive Register of Historic Places, which features
19th- and 20th-century Victorian and
fishing and swimming. Avid and fascinating past alive. For scholars, Neoclassical residences and businesses.
Of course, our heritage is directly
historians and art aficionados can enjoy the residents, and visitors, the Center offers attributable to the citizens who came
before us and laid the foundations of our
rich heritage and thriving art scene through incomparable insight into the region’s community. A visit to Alta Vista Cemetery
the many museums, theatres and galleries history, culture, and traditions. will put you among the resting places of
in the area. With so many entertainment 322 Academy Street NE, Gainesville, GA 30501, two Georgia governors and numerous
options from which to choose, every day in 770-297-5900. negahc.org war veterans, including General James
Gainesville/Hall County is a new adventure. While on campus, don’t miss Brenau Longstreet (Confederate General Robert
E. Lee’s right-hand man during the Civil
Heritage University’s buildings on the National War). Longstreet lived in Gainesville from
Register of Historic Places which includes 1875 until his death in 1904. Gainesville
Gainesville/Hall County’s vibrant past Pearce Auditorium, a Victorian theater Convention & Visitors Bureau, 770-531-6598,
comes to life through exhibits, architecture, with a stunning ceiling fresco. exploregainesville.org; 770-535-6883,
and much more. Downtown Gainesville, Brenau University, 521 Jones Road, Gainesville, GA 30501,
Visit the Northeast Georgia History 770-534-6299. brenau.edu gainesville.org/alta-vista-cemetery
Center at Brenau University, a nonprofit
institution dedicated to the preservation Gainesville itself is filled with charming
and display of historical artifacts from neighborhoods and architecture that
Northeast Georgia. The American Freedom evokes days long past. Enjoy a stroll
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