The Macon Historic District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
in
Macon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
that was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1974 and was expanded in 1995. The original listing covered and included 1,050 contributing resources; the increase added and 157 contributing resources (of which 10 acres and 10 contributing buildings were already listed on the National Register in the
Macon Railroad Industrial District
Macon may refer to:
Places Belgium
*Macon, Belgium
France
*Mâcon
** Ancient Diocese of Mâcon
**Mâcon, another name for the Mâconnais wine from that region
United States of America
* Macon, Alabama
* Macon, Georgia
* Macon, Illinois
*Macon ...
).
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Macon was founded in 1823 in Bibb County on the bank of the ]Ocmulgee River
The Ocmulgee River () is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha.[Wesleyan College
Wesleyan College is a private, liberal arts women's college in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1836, Wesleyan was the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women.
History
The school was chartered on December 23, 1836, as the Geo ...]
. The original building is located on what is now College Street. Mercer University
Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the state and enrolls more than 9,000 ...
moved to the area in 1871. The original residential area is known as "College Hill". While many buildings were constructed after the American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
, the district includes one of the largest collections of antebellum Greek Revival architecture in the U.S. These still exist because William T. Sherman
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
bypassed Macon in his March to the Sea.
Historic Macon Foundation
Th
Historic Macon Foundation
revitalizes communities by preserving architecture and sharing history. The foundation won the 2018 Trustees Award for Organizational Excellence from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by ...
. In 2019 the Foundation held a community meeting to kick off discussion for the Scenic Preservation Index to identify priority places for preservation.[Jenna Eason]
Historic Macon Wants Your Help Identifying Places That Are Worth Saving.
''The Telegraph''. September 26, 2019.
Contributing buildings
The historic district includes 34 buildings that are separately listed on the National Register:
# Judge Clifford Anderson House
# Captain R.J. Anderson House
# Ambrose Baber House
# Thomas C. Burke House
# Cannonball House
# Christ Episcopal Church
# Cowles House
# Dasher-Stevens House
#Domingos House
Domingos is the name of:
People
Surnamed
* Afonso Domingos
* André Domingos
* Antonio Domingos
* Bárbara Domingos
* Camilo Domingos
* Ederson Bruno Domingos
* Garcia Domingos
* Guilherme Afif Domingos
* Jônatas Domingos
* Laila Do ...
# Emerson-Holmes Building
# First Presbyterian Church
# Goodall House (now demolished)
# Grand Opera House
# Green-Poe House
#Hatcher-Groover-Schwartz House
The Hatcher-Groover-Schwartz House is a historic residence in Macon, Georgia, that was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located at 1144-1146 on Georgia Avenue, in the historic center of Ma ...
#Holt–Peeler–Snow House
The Thaddeus Goode Holt Peeler House, also known as the Holt–Peeler–Snow House, is a historic residence in Macon, Georgia, located at 1129 Georgia Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1971.
The three ...
# Johnston-Hay House
#Sidney Lanier Cottage
The Sidney Lanier Cottage is a historic cottage on High Street in Macon, Georgia, that was the birthplace of poet, musician, and soldier Sidney Lanier. Sidney Lanier Cottage was purchased by the Middle Georgia Historical Society in 1973, and op ...
# Lassiter House
# W. G. Lee Alumni House
#Mercer University Administration Building
Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the state and enrolls more than 9,000 ...
# Militia Headquarters Building
# Monroe Street Apartments
#Municipal Auditorium (Macon, Georgia)
The Macon City Auditorium is a historic structure in Macon, Georgia, United States, that has hosted performances, meetings, and events for the community since 1925. It was designed by New York architect Egerton Swartwout. It was listed on the Natio ...
# Munroe-Dunlap-Snow House
# Old Macon Library
#Old U.S. Post Office and Federal Building (Macon, Georgia)
The William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, also and formerly known as Old U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, is a courthouse in Macon, Georgia of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Compl ...
# Raines-Carmichael House
# Randolph-Whittle House
# Rock Rogers House
# Slate House
# Solomon-Curd House
# St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Macon, Georgia)
# Willingham-Hill-O'Neal Cottage
Other selected properties include:
* Wells-Hurley-Massey House (1891), with a mansard roof
Architects involved include:[
*]Elam Alexander
Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretc ...
* James B. Ayres
*Elias Carter
Elias Carter (1781-1864) was an American architect whose first church design, at Brimfield, Massachusetts, Brimfield, Massachusetts, was completed in 1805. He was born in 1781 to Timothy and Sarah (Walker) Carter in Ward, a village of Auburn, Mass ...
*U.S. Treasury
The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and t ...
* William Elliot Dunwody, IV
*Dennis and Dennis
Dennis & Dennis was an architectural partnership in the U.S. state of Georgia which was Georgia's oldest architectural firm. It designed numerous commercial, institutional and residential buildings in Macon and other Georgia communities.
Early y ...
* Curran R. Ellis
* Swarthout, Edgerton (or Edgerton Swarthout?)
* Dunwody and Oliphant
*Neel Reid
Joseph Neel Reid (October 23, 1885 – February 14, 1926), also referred to as Neel Reid, was a prominent architect in Atlanta, Georgia, in the early 20th century as a partner in his firm Hentz, Reid and Adler.
Reid was born in Jacksonville, Al ...
* Alfred Fellheimer
*Gurdon P. Randall
Gurdon P. Randall (February 18, 1821– September 20, 18841884) was an architect in Chicago, Illinois. Early in his career, he studied in Boston, Massachusetts, in the office of Asher Benjamin. He moved to Chicago when he was 30, and practiced th ...
* Alexander Blair
* Jere Fuss
* A. Sidney Brown
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[ including maps pages 43-47, with (see photo captions pages 36-42 of text document)]
Photos
See also
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References
External links
{{National Register of Historic Places
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Greek Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Victorian architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1830
National Register of Historic Places in Bibb County, Georgia