{"nrhp_refnum":"05000053","name":"League, Ellamae Ellis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1790 Waverland Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.870822770000075,"lon":-83.63198925799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Other"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A split-level frame house at 1790 Waverland Drive in the Shirley Hills subdivision of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built in 1940-1941. Architect Ellamae Ellis League designed it as her own residence.","why_significant":"The house is significant at the state level in architecture, social history and women's history. It is tied to League, a pioneering woman architect who ran a large Macon practice from 1934 to 1975 and became Georgia's first woman AIA Fellow. It is also an intact, unusual example of her work, with modern features that were uncommon in Georgia at the time.","narrative":"Built in 1940-1941 in Macon's Shirley Hills subdivision, this split-level house was designed by architect Ellamae Ellis League as her own home, and she lived there until her death in 1991. It has a brick foundation, unpainted redwood siding and a cedar shake roof that replaced the original redwood shingles. Living spaces sit on the main level, two bedrooms above, and a built-in garage below. League combined the massing of a New England saltbox with a tri-level plan and West Coast influences, a departure from the revival and ranch styles favored by her clients. Original pine floors, plaster walls, built-in kitchen cabinets and a mirrored bedroom vanity survive. The house is recognized for its link to League, who ran one of Macon's largest architectural firms from 1934 to 1975, became Georgia's first woman Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and worked as a pioneer for women in the profession. Its modern features anticipated trends that reached Georgia a decade or more later.","period_of_significance":"1940-1975","architect_builder":"League, Ellamae Ellis (1899-1991)","architectural_style":"OTHER: split-level house","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form says very few changes have been made, including a roof replaced with cedar shakes, an added garage door and a new kitchen floor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.792185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05000053.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000053/8533501059-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000053/8533501059-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellamae_Ellis_League_House,_Macon,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73 (Jud McCranie)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellamae_Ellis_League_House,_Macon,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000269","name":"Shirley Hills Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/shirley-hills-historic-district-boundary-increase-and-additional-documentation-14000269/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207039","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellamae_Ellis_League_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55830380"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/league-ellamae-ellis-house-05000053/"}