Later owners of this house were the Brown, Smith, and Dorminey families.
Macon Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
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McHatton-Wood-McGhee House, 1880, Macon
Macon Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BIBB COUNTY GA--, Macon GA
Rodgers-Wolf-Russell House, 1892, Macon
Macon Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BIBB COUNTY GA--, Macon GA
Munroe-Dunalp-Snow House, Circa 1857, Macon
Nathaniel Campbell Munroe built this around 1857 as a simple five-room central hallway cottage with a plain front. The Victorian details were added at a later date; that may have been done in 1878, as a local historical marker associates that date with the house. Munroe was a prominent figure in early Macon, serving as secretary of the Board of Health and the Macon Lyceum & Library Society. director of the Macon & Western Railway Company and of the Macon Manufacturing Company. He was also a warden of Christ Church and a trustee of the Georgia Academy for the Blind. He sold the property in 1862. One of the owners was Captain Samuel S. Dunlap, who organized the Bibb County Cavalry and was wounded at Gettysburg. He opened the first hardware store in Macon in 1866. In 1903, Peter J. Bracken, engineer of the “Texas” in the Great Locomotive Chase, died here while visiting relatives. The William A. Snow family were later owners who made great improvements to the property and grounds.
National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BIBB COUNTY GA--, Macon GA
Sidney Lanier Cottage, Circa 1840, Macon
Built circa 1840 by Larkin Griffin, founder and namesake of Griffin, Georgia, this was the birthplace of poet, flautist, and Confederate signal corpsman Sidney Clopton Lanier on 3 February 1842. His grandparents, Sterling and Sarah Lanier were living here at the time of his birth. Sidney’s father, Robert Lanier, was a friend of the Griffins and had a law practice in Griffin. He and his wife, Mary Jane Anderson Lanier, were in Macon for Sidney’s birth because of the availability of medical facilities. The house was moved from a nearby lot to its present location around 1879 and the front porch was added. It was remodeled again in the early 1900s. Today, the Sidney Lanier Cottage is owned and operated as a museum and event space by the Historic Macon Foundation.
In his time, Lanier was Georgia’s most renowned literary figure, penning the famed poems “The Marshes of Glynn” and “Song of the Chattahoochee”. He was also a well-respected musician, serving as first chair flute with Baltimore’s Peabody Symphony Orchestra for seven season and composing a cantata for the American centennial celebration in Philadelphia in 1876.
National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BIBB COUNTY GA--, Macon GA
Hardeman Building, Circa 1850, Macon
Originally known as the Concert Hall, for the performance space located on the second floor, this is another of Macon’s antebellum commercial landmarks and one of the most visually interesting structures downtown. It was built by a group of businessmen, including Payne, Nisber, Mix, Kirkland, and Virgin. Payne operated an apothecary shop here until 1889, while Mix & Kirkland operated a bootery around the same time. Multiple other businesses have been housed here throughout its long history. The Victorian features, including the bay windows and corner entryway, were added in the early 1900s. It has been home to Lawrence Mayer Florist since 1994.
Macon Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BIBB COUNTY GA--, Macon GA
Clayton House, Circa 1890, Tallapoosa
A dairy was once located behind this house.
North Tallapoosa Residential Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --HARALSON COUNTY GA--, Tallapoosa GA
