The Goodall House (also known as George D. Collins House) was a historic house located at 618 Orange Street in
Macon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Situated near the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is southeast of Atlanta and near the ...
. It was built in 1859 with
Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...
exterior and ornate interior. As of 1971, it had been very little altered and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[ with ] Despite opposition from local preservationists, the house was demolished in 1975 and replaced with an office building.
Description and history
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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on May 27, 1971.
It was deemed significant as a "splendid example of substantial homes built 'on the Hill' as Macon's residential section moved to the higher elevation" from the city's business center. While the house was the first built on its block, by 1971 it was compressed between other houses. One of its few changes since construction was loss of a projecting bay window because an adjacent building was so close.
The nearby
Judge Clifford Anderson House, built in the same era, was also outstanding and well-preserved, as of 1971.
[
In the city directories for Macon, the house is shown as being rented to two or three people in 1972 and 1973, but vacant in 1974. In 1975 the building was slated for demolition, which was opposed by the members of the Middle Georgia Historical Society (MGHS). But that organization did not have resources to rescue the house, and it was replaced by a modern medical office building. This loss spurred the creation of the Macon Heritage Foundation to effect such rescues. (That group eventually merged with MGHS to form the Historic Macon Foundation).]
References
External links
Macon Then & Now - 618 Orange Street
- Historic Macon Foundation photo of house and the building that replaced it on Flickr.
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses completed in 1859
Houses in Macon, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Bibb County, Georgia
Italianate architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Demolished buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures demolished in 1975
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