{"nrhp_refnum":"73000610","name":"Old Macon Library","other_names":["Guy White Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"652-662 Mulberry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.837827891000074,"lon":-83.62868716499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick and rusticated granite Romanesque Revival building at 652-62 Mulberry Street in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, completed in 1889 for the Macon Public Library and Historical Society and later known as the Guy White Building.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its distinctive Romanesque Revival architecture, which blends with other Macon buildings of the same era and adds to the character of downtown. It is also described as Macon's first library, reflecting the city's continued cultural development. Its architect, D. B. Woodruff, designed many Macon commercial and residential buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1889 for the Macon Public Library and Historical Society, this red brick and rusticated granite building on Mulberry Street was designed by architect D. B. Woodruff in the Romanesque Revival style. A corner turret marks the stair entrance, and granite frames the windows and first-floor doorways. The building has two parts: a three-story front section with small rooms and stairs, and a two-story rear section that held a reading room about 100 by 35 feet. Its roof was carried on wood hammer beams and arches with iron tie-bars, though a lowered ceiling added in 1924 later hid them. Woodruff, once a carpenter and sash and blind manufacturer, went on to design many Macon commercial and residential buildings. The library was the city's first public library and stands among landmark buildings facing Mulberry Street Park. At the time of listing it housed commercial tenants and storage and needed repairs for settlement and roof leaks.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1889)","architect_builder":"D. B. Woodruff","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fair condition; occupied. First floor in commercial use (radio and TV service, travel agency), loan office on second floor, storage on third floor and in the old reading room. Settlement cracks and roof leaks noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.274463-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000610.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000610/9c04407fa9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000610/9c04407fa9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Macon_Library.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:Old_Macon_Library.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/93207075","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134130914"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/old-macon-library-73000610/"}