{"nrhp_refnum":"72000369","name":"Munroe-Goolsby House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"159 Rogers Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.84750537300005,"lon":-83.65503597999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story Greek Revival brick and stucco mansion at 159 Rogers Avenue in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built in 1840-41 for banker Nathan C. Munroe.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the great Greek Revival houses of the Deep South, noted for its Greek fret frieze, cupola and early estate setting on the west side of Macon. It is also tied to Nathan Munroe, a banker and civic leader, and to his son-in-law Captain John McIntosh Kell, a naval officer who served on the Confederate cruiser Alabama.","narrative":"Built in 1840-41, this single-story brick and stucco mansion in Macon was once one of the great Greek Revival houses of the Deep South. Banker Nathan C. Munroe, a director of the Macon & Western Railroad and a longtime officer of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, built it as an estate manor facing the road that became Vineville Avenue, approached by a long avenue of cedars. A Greek fret pattern runs continuously around the frieze and repeats on the square cupola that ventilates the hallways. Later changes included a new entrance facing Rogers Avenue, added after Charles H. Rogers bought the house in 1869, and a Victorian-era west porch reusing Greek Doric columns believed to come from the original south portico. Munroe's daughter Blanche married Captain John McIntosh Kell, who later served on the Confederate cruiser Alabama, and the Kell family lived here. Although the south facade was lost, the north and east facades are original.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Nathan C. Munroe (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a private residence and described as maintained in the finest manner possible by its owners; the original south facade was lost when land was subdivided, and the west portico is out of character with the period.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.603241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000369.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000369/54e7240d51-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000369/54e7240d51-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munroe-Goolsby_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Timkemp</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:Munroe-Goolsby_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/93207067","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134127303"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/munroe-goolsby-house-72000369/"}