Shirley Hills Historic District | |
1725 Waveland Circle | |
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| Location | Roughly Senate Pl., Parkview Dr., Curry Dr., Briarcliff Rd., Nottingham Dr., and the Ocmulgee River; also roughly bounded by Boulevard Ave., Woodland Dr., Waveland Cir., Nottingham, Briarcliff & Upper River Rds., Macon, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°51′33″N83°37′50″W / 32.85917°N 83.63056°W Coordinates: 32°51′33″N83°37′50″W / 32.85917°N 83.63056°W |
| Area | 275 acres (111 ha) (original); |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | W. Elliott Dunwody, IV; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference # | 89001093, 14000269 |
| Added to NRHP | August 17, 1989 (original) [1] May 28, 2014 (increase) |
The Shirley Hills Historic District in Macon, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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. [1] [2]
Macon, officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county located in the state of Georgia, United States. Macon lies near the geographic center of the state, approximately 85 miles (137 km) south of Atlanta, hence the city's nickname "The Heart of Georgia."
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. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
Originally it was a 275 acres (111 ha) area including 85 contributing buildings, 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. [1] The boundary increase added 271 contributing buildings and 24 contributing sites. [2]
The Ocmulgee River (ok-MUHL-gee) is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha.
The district includes 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.
The Joseph and Mary Jane League House, also known as the League House, is located in Macon, Georgia. It is significant for its architecture and for its association with two of the first female architects in Georgia: Ellamae Ellis League and her daughter Jean League Newton. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2009
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, who designed seven; Dennis & Dennis, who designed two; and John Leon Hoffman. [3] :10
Ellamae Ellis League, was an American architect, the fourth woman registered architect in Georgia and "one of Georgia and the South's most prominent female architects." She practiced for over 50 years, 41 of them from her own firm. From a family of architects, she was the first woman elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in Georgia and only the eighth woman nationwide. Several buildings she designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In 2016 she was posthumously named a Georgia Woman of Achievement.
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.
