{"nrhp_refnum":"80000974","name":"Vineville Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Small House","Solomon-Smith-Martin House","Munroe-Gools"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"GA 247 and U.S. 41","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.850364706500045,"lon":-83.66048434047349,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A largely residential historic district of about 525 acres and more than 700 properties, on a plateau roughly a mile and a half northwest of downtown Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Houses date from the 1830s to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant in architecture, landscape architecture, community planning and development, and local history. It shows the evolution of a neighborhood from early-nineteenth-century agrarian estates to an early-twentieth-century suburb. It holds a large collection of middle- and upper-class residential architecture, some designed by notable Georgia architects such as Neel Reid, and was home to many prominent figures in Macon and Georgia.","narrative":"Vineville is a residential suburb of about 525 acres and more than 700 properties on a low plateau northwest of downtown Macon, Georgia. It began in the 1830s as a community of large plantation estates along the Forsyth Road, taking its name traditionally from the vineyards of Judge Christopher Strong. Over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the estates were subdivided into a compact suburb of long, narrow lots laid out in a rough grid on either side of Vineville Avenue. Houses range from mansions to modest cottages and include Plantation Plain and Federal examples as well as Victorian, Neoclassical, Bungalow and period revival styles. Some were designed by notable Georgia architects, including Neel Reid. Informally landscaped yards and tree-lined streets give the area a park-like character. The district was listed for its architecture, landscape architecture, community planning and local history, and for its role as home to many prominent Macon and Georgia figures. Few intrusions interrupt its continuity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Neel Reid (among notable Georgia architects mentioned)","architectural_style":"Plantation Plain, Federal, Victorian, Neoclassical, Bungalow and early-twentieth-century revival styles (Spanish Villa, English Tudor, Italian Renaissance, Georgian, Jacobean)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as exceptionally well preserved with few intrusions; the district is occupied and in good condition, with some altered buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.300194-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000974.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000974/20e18867a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000974/20e18867a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Infrogmation","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allman_Bros_Museum_in_Macon_Georgia_USA_Sept_2021-_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Infrogmation</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allman_Bros_Museum_in_Macon_Georgia_USA_Sept_2021-_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207109","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49575577"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/vineville-historic-district-80000974/"}