{"nrhp_refnum":"71000265","name":"Raines-Carmichael House","other_names":["Carmichael House","Raines-Miller-Carmichael House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1183 Georgia Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.84152522000005,"lon":-83.63851592499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-06-21","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival frame house at 1183 Georgia Avenue in the College Hill area of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built in the late 1840s for Cadwallader W. Raines to a design by Elam Alexander.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of Macon's most prominent architectural landmarks, notable for its modified Greek Cross plan with an octagonal central hall and free-hanging stair. It was cited in Howard Major's book as an example of individuality within Greek Revival design. It is also a key surviving work of the builder Elam Alexander.","narrative":"This frame house at 1183 Georgia Avenue in Macon's College Hill area was built in the late 1840s for Cadwallader W. Raines. Elam Alexander, a prominent Macon architect-builder, designed it in the form of a modified Greek Cross, with four arms of rooms branching from an octagonal central hall. A free-hanging stairway spirals up to a cupola and attic, and a colored plaster ceiling ornament crowns the stair hall. Porches fill the spaces between the arms, and large bay windows end the rooms. The front porch was later altered to a rounded form, and a solarium was added between two arms. Howard Major used the house in his book on early American domestic architecture to show the variety and individuality possible within Greek Revival style. Raines died in 1856, and the house was sold in 1869 to John E. Jones, president of the Central Bank of Georgia. It later passed to the Miller and Carmichael families. It sits at the intersection of College Street and Georgia Avenue.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840s","architect_builder":"Elam Alexander, architect-builder; built by Cadwallader W. Raines","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and used as a private residence; the form says the owners maintain the house and grounds carefully.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.769392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000265.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000265/8e4fa5a8b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000265/8e4fa5a8b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bubba73","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_on_College_St.,_Macon_Historic_District,_Macon,_GA,_US_(14).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba73</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:House_on_College_St.,_Macon_Historic_District,_Macon,_GA,_US_(14).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/93207083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmichael_House_(Macon,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5043660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/raines-carmichael-house-71000265/"}