{"nrhp_refnum":"72000364","name":"First Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"690 Mulberry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.83830555900005,"lon":-83.62955569799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-09-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Romanesque Revival church at 690 Mulberry Street in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, completed in 1858 and topped by a 183-foot tower with a copper-shingled spire.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the church as a long-standing historical and architectural landmark and the third building erected by Macon Presbyterians. Its symmetrical Romanesque Revival design features round-arched openings, corner octagonal buttresses, a dominant tower and massive wooden scissors trusses. It also anchors a changing downtown area across from the Grand Opera House.","narrative":"Completed in 1858, this Macon church on Mulberry Street is a Romanesque Revival building whose 183-foot tower, topped by a copper-shingled spire and finial, dominates the downtown skyline. The symmetrical structure has round-arched windows and niches, octagonal buttresses at each corner and stuccoed brick walls scored to resemble stone blocks. Inside, four massive wooden scissors trusses carry the roof over a sanctuary that is wide in proportion to its length. The interior was substantially altered in 1893, a Sunday School building was added in 1926, and a large addition was attached to the rear in 1963. It is the third building erected by Macon Presbyterians, whose congregation was chartered a few years after the city was laid out in 1823. The church faces the Grand Opera House, and the two buildings anchor a neighborhood that was once an exclusive residential area. Early members included authors, a poet and a Confederate congressman.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1858)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and occupied, in religious use; altered over time, with an interior remodeling in 1893, a Sunday School building in 1926 and a rear addition in 1963.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.251377-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000364.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000364/afdc9c966b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000364/afdc9c966b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Kenneth Kay","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GENERAL_VIEW_-_First_Presbyterian_Church,_682-690_Mulberry_Street,_Macon,_Bibb_County,_GA_HABS_GA,11-MACO,16-1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth Kay</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GENERAL_VIEW_-_First_Presbyterian_Church,_682-690_Mulberry_Street,_Macon,_Bibb_County,_GA_HABS_GA,11-MACO,16-1.tif"},"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/93207016","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_(Macon,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453597"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/first-presbyterian-church-72000364/"}