{"nrhp_refnum":"71000247","name":"Anderson, Judge Clifford, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"642 Orange St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.836411422000026,"lon":-83.63815108999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian wood frame house at 642 Orange Street in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built in 1859 by Judge Clifford Anderson. It has a three-story tower over the front porch and overlooks Orange Street and Daisy Park.","why_significant":"The house was built by Judge Clifford Anderson, a prominent Georgia lawyer, first president of Macon's YMCA chapter, Confederate congressman, state legislator and Attorney General, and an author of the Georgia Code of 1895. He was also the uncle of the poet Sidney Lanier. The house is also cited as an example of sturdy mid-1800s architecture, paired with the nearby Collins House in the College Hill district.","narrative":"Built in 1859 at 642 Orange Street in Macon, this Victorian wood frame house was among the first in its neighborhood and overlooks Orange Street and Daisy Park. It rises two stories above a partial basement, with a three-story tower over the front porch. Distinctive details include arched-head tower windows, a heavy overhanging cornice with consoles, pedimented eight-light windows and unusual double-panel blinds. Inside are plaster walls, heavy Gothic cornice molding, oak floors and polished granite and marble mantels. Judge Clifford Anderson, a leading Georgia lawyer, built the house. He was the first president of Macon's YMCA chapter, served in the Confederate Congress, sat in the state legislature, served as state Attorney General and helped write the Georgia Code of 1895. His sister was the mother of poet Sidney Lanier. His son, Robert Lanier Anderson, later lived here. The house and the nearby Collins House represent mid-nineteenth-century architecture in the College Hill area.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1859)","architect_builder":"Judge Clifford Anderson (builder)","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site, and in private residential use at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.626392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000247.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000247/6685817de0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000247/6685817de0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Clifford_Anderson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Timkemp</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:Judge_Clifford_Anderson_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74000658","name":"Macon Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/macon-historic-district-74000658/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206982","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134086238"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/anderson-judge-clifford-house-71000247/"}