{"nrhp_refnum":"08001280","name":"League, Joseph and Mary Jane, House","other_names":["League House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1849 Waverland Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.96344904700004,"lon":-83.63463504199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, Contemporary-style Ranch-type house built in 1950 at 1849 Waverland Drive in the Shirley Hills neighborhood of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, designed by architect Jean League Newton for her brother Joseph and sister-in-law Mary Jane League.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a largely intact example of Contemporary-style Ranch design, notable in a neighborhood of mostly traditional houses. It is also tied to Jean League Newton, a second-generation woman architect in Georgia who worked in her mother Ellamae Ellis League's Macon firm. The surviving additions, landscape plan and workshop were all designed by her.","narrative":"Built in 1950 at 1849 Waverland Drive in Macon's Shirley Hills neighborhood, this one-story house follows a sideways H-shaped plan under low gabled roofs. Redwood weatherboards, a concrete slab foundation, high bands of narrow windows on the street side, and an integral carport give it a Contemporary-style Ranch character that contrasts with the more traditional houses nearby. Inside, the living room, foyer and dining area flow together beneath vaulted ceilings, with floor-to-ceiling glass walls opening onto a courtyard terrace. Architect Jean League Newton, who worked in her mother Ellamae Ellis League's Macon firm, designed it for her brother Joseph and his wife Mary Jane. She also designed a workshop built around 1958, a landscape plan from about 1960, a bedroom added in 1962 and a kitchen remodeling in 1974. The house survives largely as built, and its importance rests on its design and on Newton's place among Georgia's early professionally trained women architects.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jean League Newton (architect, with the firm of Ellamae Ellis League); Joe League built the workshop","architectural_style":"Other: Ranch-type house; Contemporary style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely unchanged since 1950 apart from a 1962 bedroom addition and a 1974 kitchen remodeling; in use as a single-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.554916-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/08001280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001280/a47ea9cf43-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001280/a47ea9cf43-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1849_Waverland_Drive.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:1849_Waverland_Drive.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_and_Mary_Jane_League_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288165"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/league-joseph-and-mary-jane-house-08001280/"}