{"nrhp_refnum":"72000365","name":"Lanier, Sidney, Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"935 High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.83744089400005,"lon":-83.63636582299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A story-and-a-half frame Victorian cottage at 935 High Street in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built about 1840-1842 and remodeled around 1880 and again in the early 1900s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cottage is architecturally significant as a fine example of a Victorian cottage with Gothic Revival and Italianate features, and notes a 1970 architectural survey singled out its dormer arrangement. It is also revered as the birthplace of the poet Sidney Lanier, born there February 3, 1842. It lies in an area recommended as a historic district.","narrative":"This story-and-a-half frame cottage on High Street in Macon was built about 1840 and is best known as the birthplace of the poet Sidney Lanier, born there in 1842. Originally it had a small square front stoop with two columns. Around 1880 it was remodeled in a Gothic Revival manner with Italianate touches and a full-width porch, then lightly altered in the early 1900s when some decorative trim was removed. Today it has a brick foundation, clapboard siding, nine-over-nine windows with much original glass, a high-pitched center gable flanked by dormers, and a porch with six square columns. Inside are hand-carved mantels, raised-panel doors and original pine floors upstairs. A 1970 architectural survey of Macon singled out its dormer arrangement as unique among the city's cottages. It sits in a neighborhood proposed as a historic district and is kept as a historic site open for special occasions.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date c. 1842)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian cottage; remodeled c. 1880 in essentially Gothic Revival style with Italianate Villa features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, well maintained as a historic site and open to the public for special occasions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.368128-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000365/cbba149421-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000365/cbba149421-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rheave","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lanier_Cottage.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rheave</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:Lanier_Cottage.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/93207035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lanier_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17034077"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/lanier-sidney-cottage-72000365/"}