Macon Historic District (Macon, Georgia)

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Macon Historic District
House on College St., Macon Historic District, Macon, GA, US (15).jpg
Raines-Carmichael House, on College St.
LocationRoughly bounded by Riverside Dr., Broadway, Elm, and I-75, (original);
Roughly, Adams St. and Linden Ave. S, W and N of Tattnall Sq. and Broadway and Third Sts. between Poplar and Pine Sts. (increase), Macon, Georgia
Area587 acres (238 ha) (original); 91 acres (37 ha) (increase)
Built1823
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals (original)
Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, Art Deco (increase)
NRHP reference No. 74000658; 95000233 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1974
Boundary increaseJuly 27, 1995

The Macon Historic District is a historic district in Macon, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and was expanded in 1995. [2] The original listing covered 587 acres (238 ha) and included 1,050 contributing resources; the increase added 101 acres (41 ha) 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). [3] :17–19

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Macon was founded in 1823 in Bibb County on the bank of the Ocmulgee River. Many buildings reflect the 19th-century Greek Revival and Victorian styles of architecture. The district has commercial, government, educational, and residential buildings. The majority of their architectural features have been preserved.

A total of 1047 buildings, two structures, and one object contribute to the Macon Historical District. Several of the contributing properties are separately listed on the NRHP.

History

What is now downtown is part of the original 1823 plan of James Webb. In 1836 Macon chartered the first college in the world to grant degrees only to women - originally named Georgia Female College, it is now called Wesleyan College. The original building is located on what is now College Street. Mercer University 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 district includes one of the largest collections of antebellum Greek Revival architecture in the U.S. These still exist because William T. Sherman bypassed Macon in his March to the Sea.

Historic Macon Foundation

The 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. [4] In 2019 the Foundation held a community meeting to kick off discussion for the Scenic Preservation Index to identify priority places for preservation. [5]

Contributing buildings

The historic district includes 34 buildings that are separately listed on the National Register:

  1. Judge Clifford Anderson House
  2. Captain R.J. Anderson House
  3. Ambrose Baber House
  4. Thomas C. Burke House
  5. Cannonball House
  6. Christ Episcopal Church
  7. Cowles House
  8. Dasher-Stevens House
  9. Domingos House
  10. Emerson-Holmes Building
  11. First Presbyterian Church
  12. Goodall House (now demolished)
  13. Grand Opera House
  14. Green-Poe House
  15. Hatcher-Groover-Schwartz House
  16. Holt–Peeler–Snow House
  17. Johnston-Hay House
  18. Sidney Lanier Cottage
  19. Lassiter House
  20. W. G. Lee Alumni House
  21. Mercer University Administration Building
  22. Militia Headquarters Building
  23. Monroe Street Apartments
  24. Municipal Auditorium (Macon, Georgia)
  25. Munroe-Dunlap-Snow House
  26. Old Macon Library
  27. Old U.S. Post Office and Federal Building (Macon, Georgia)
  28. Raines-Carmichael House
  29. Randolph-Whittle House
  30. Rock Rogers House
  31. Slate House
  32. Solomon-Curd House
  33. St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Macon, Georgia)
  34. Willingham-Hill-O'Neal Cottage

Other selected properties include:

Architects involved include: [3] :34

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. NRHP #95000233
  3. 1 2 3 Debbie Curtis (June 22, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Macon Historic District (revised)". National Park Service . Retrieved August 10, 2016. including maps pages 43-47, with 105 photos (see photo captions pages 36-42 of text document)
  4. Oby Brown and Rachelle Wilson. Macon: Revitalization Through Preservation. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Preservation Leadership Forum. May 8, 2019.
  5. Jenna Eason, Historic Macon Wants Your Help Identifying Places That Are Worth Saving. The Telegraph. September 26, 2019.
  6. Kristalia Stavrolakis (August 1, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Macon Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved August 10, 2016. (pages 1-8 of PDF document) with 10 photos

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