Carmichael House (Macon, Georgia)

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Carmichael House
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Location1183 Georgia Ave.,
Macon, Georgia
Coordinates 32°50′29″N83°38′16″W / 32.84130°N 83.63765°W / 32.84130; -83.63765 Coordinates: 32°50′29″N83°38′16″W / 32.84130°N 83.63765°W / 32.84130; -83.63765
Built1848
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 71000265
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1971 [1]
Designated NHLNovember 7, 1973 [2]

The Carmichael House, known also as Raines-Carmichael House, Raines-Miller-Carmichael House or Cadwalader Raines House, is a Greek Revival mansion at 1183 Georgia Avenue in Macon, Georgia, United States. Built in 1848, the house is a nationally significant example of Greek Revival architecture, built and designed by local master builder Elam Alexander. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. [2] [3]

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Description and history

The Carmichael House is located in central Macon, at the northeast corner of Georgia Avenue and College Street. It is a two-story wood frame structure, laid out in the form of a Greek cross, with Ionic-columned porches between the arms of the cross, and a large octagonal cupola rising above the center. The corners of the cross arms have broad pilasters, rising to a full entablature and a dentillated cornice, with fully pedimented gable ends. The central feature of the interior is a free-standing spiral staircase that rises all the way to the cupola, and several of the first-floor public chambers have columned niches. [3]

The house was built in the late 1840s for Cadawalader Raines, a local judge, by Elam Alexander, one of Macon's most important master builders of the period. The house is one of Alexander's most elaborate works, and is now among the best-preserved of his surviving works. The house was described in Howard Major's Domestic Architecture of the Early American Republic as a striking and detailed example of Greek Revival architecture. [3] Cadwalader Raines died childless in 1856, and the house soon passed out of the family; it was owned in the 20th century by the Carmichaels. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Carmichael House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "NHL nomination for Carmichael House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-16.