{"nrhp_refnum":"71000268","name":"Solomon-Smith-Martin House","other_names":["T. Baldwin Martin House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2619 Vineville Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.84644089900007,"lon":-83.66269506799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A white frame, two-story house at 2619 Vineville Avenue in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built about 1823 by Henry Solomon as a farm owner's home. It is used as a private residence.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as one of the oldest, and reportedly the oldest unaltered, houses in Macon, built with hand-sawed boards, hand-made bricks and pegs instead of nails. Its construction date roughly coincides with the settlement of Macon. It is also tied to local figures including Henry Solomon, George Smith and attorney T. Baldwin Martin.","narrative":"Built about 1823 by Henry Solomon, this white frame house on Vineville Avenue in Macon was originally a farm owner's home, referred to as a field house. It is said to be the oldest unaltered house in the city. Construction relied on hand-made materials: wide boards, some eighteen inches across, were hand planed and sawn over a pit, bricks were made on the site, and pegs were used instead of nails. A one-story porch spans five bays, with five low, barely pointed arches on rectangular wood columns separated by panels of light ironwork. Inside, a stair hall is flanked by two rooms on each side. Solomon's brother Peter was a trustee of the Georgia Academy for the Blind. Later owner George Smith took part in Macon civic life, traveling to Washington in 1900 to seek funds for a new post office. Attorney T. Baldwin Martin acquired the house in 1932. Its date nearly matches the founding of Macon.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1823)","architect_builder":"Henry Solomon (builder)","architectural_style":"Early Republic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, occupied and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.614101-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000268.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000268/745eb206f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000268/745eb206f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solomon-Smith-Martin_House.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:Solomon-Smith-Martin_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80000974","name":"Vineville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/vineville-historic-district-80000974/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207101","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon-Smith-Martin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16969538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/solomon-smith-martin-house-71000268/"}