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 ...
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 ...
which 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 1989 and was expanded in 2014. It includes 401 contributing buildings and 68 non-contributing ones, and 27 contributing sites, and one contributing structure.
Originally it was a area including 85
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, one other contributing structure, and three contributing sites. The original was roughly bounded by Senate Pl., Parkview Dr., Curry Dr., Briarcliff Rd., Nottingham Dr., and 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.Jackson Springs Park and a bird sanctuary. It includes two buildings which are separately listed on the National Register:
* Ellamae Ellis League House, 1790 Waverland Drive,
* Joseph and Mary Jane League House, 1849 Waverland Drive.
Notable architects whose work appears in the original area include W. Elliott Dunwody, IV (1893-1986), who designed 10 houses in the district;
Ellamae Ellis League
Ellamae Ellis League, (July 9, 1899 – March 4, 1991) was an American architect, the fourth woman registered architect in Georgia (U.S. State), Georgia and "one of Georgia and the South's most prominent female architects." She practiced for ove ...
, who designed seven;
Dennis & 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 ...
, who designed two; and John Leon Hoffman. With (see photo captions pages 15-17 of text document).