{"nrhp_refnum":"71000260","name":"Lee, W. G., Alumni House","other_names":["Bartlett House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1270 Ash (Coleman) St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.83118037200006,"lon":-83.64675392199996,"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 late Victorian frame house at 1270 Ash Street in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, also known as the Bartlett House. It began as a one-story cottage and now serves as Mercer University's alumni house.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house as the home of Congressman Charles L. Bartlett, who served the Sixth District for twenty years and sponsored the bill funding Macon's marble post office. It also points to the elaborate porches and double-pedimented entrance as architectural distinctions. Dr. W. G. Lee, the Mercer trustee for whom the alumni house is named, is also noted.","narrative":"Located at 1270 Ash Street in Macon, this two-story frame house in the late Victorian style began as a one-story cottage and later received a second story and added ornament. Its porches wrap the front and sides with fretwork, turned spindles and a rounded corner extension, and a multi-gabled roof and double-pedimented entrance mark the facade. An iron fence and gate bear the name of Judge Charles L. Bartlett. Inside, plaster cornices, rosettes and recessed wood trim on the stairs remain. Bartlett served as Macon city attorney, state legislator, state senator and Superior Court judge before representing Georgia's Sixth District in Congress for twenty years. He sponsored the 1902 bill funding Macon's marble post office, and President Taft was entertained at breakfast in the house in 1909. Mercer University acquired the property in 1939 and used it for faculty apartments, an infirmary and a girls' dormitory. Redecorated in 1962, it now serves as the alumni house named for trustee Dr. W. G. Lee.","period_of_significance":"c. 1890's","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition, altered, and in use by Mercer University as its Alumni Office and social center; redecorated in 1962.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.669005-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000260.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000260/909b0c5b51-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000260/909b0c5b51-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W._G._Lee_Alumni_House_(with_sign).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:W._G._Lee_Alumni_House_(with_sign).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/93207043","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134086487"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/lee-w-g-alumni-house-71000260/"}