Macon Historic District (Macon, Georgia)

	Macon Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Raines-Carmichael House, on College St.
Location	Roughly 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
Area	587 acres (238 ha) (original); 91 acres (37 ha) (increase)
Built	1823
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals (original); Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, Art Deco (increase)
NRHP reference No.	74000658; 95000233
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1974
Boundary increase	July 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

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:

Other selected properties include:

Wells-Hurley-Massey House (1891), with a mansard roof

Architects involved include:^[3]^: 34

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Photos

Macon Historic District

Queen Anne style house on College St.
163 College St.
Spanish Revival(?) style house on College St.
Hubble House, a mansion with Corinthian columned portico on College St. between Walnut and Georgia Sts.
Italianate-style house adjacent to Hubble House
261 College St.