{"nrhp_refnum":"71000262","name":"Municipal Auditorium","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"415-435 1st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.83727842400003,"lon":-83.63123432799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A municipal auditorium at the corner of First and Cherry Streets in downtown Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, completed in 1925 and owned by the City of Macon.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a monumental neo-classic Greek revival building and probably the most outstanding edifice in downtown Macon. It has been the center of the city's entertainment, cultural and sporting events since 1925, and its great stage mural symbolizes the area's history. It also hosted nationally known performers and speakers.","narrative":"Completed in 1925 at a cost of $500,000, Macon's Municipal Auditorium occupies the corner of First and Cherry Streets downtown. The roughly square building measures about 175 feet per side and rises about 80 feet. Architect Edgerton Swartwout of New York, working with Dennis and Dennis of Macon, chose a simplified Greek revival design with Indiana limestone, arched entrances and Doric columns. When finished it carried the world's largest copper-covered dome, 152 feet 6 inches across. Inside, a circular Great Hall seats about 4,000 and features Georgia marble, peach festoons on the balcony parapet, a large mural by Don Carlos DuBois and Wilbur Kurtz tracing Macon's development, and a Moller pipe organ. The hall hosted opera companies, symphony orchestras, pianists, lecturers and aviators. The nomination credits it as a center of the city's entertainment, cultural and sporting life and urges preservation as a local landmark, though it needed substantial repairs.","period_of_significance":"1925","architect_builder":"Architect Edgerton Swartwout of New York, with Dennis and Dennis Architects of Macon as associates; built by Southern Ferro Concrete Company","architectural_style":"Simplified neo-classic Greek revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used sparingly in late years, mostly for sporting events, and in need of considerable repair work; the form says it is occupied and still plays a part in Macon's activities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.316724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000262.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000262/3afa5beb45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000262/3afa5beb45-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Macondude (talk) (Uploads)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macon_Auditorium.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Macondude (talk) (Uploads)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macon_Auditorium.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/93207063","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_City_Auditorium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6724843"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/municipal-auditorium-71000262/"}