{"nrhp_refnum":"83000183","name":"Riverside Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"1301 Riverside Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.849162073500054,"lon":-83.63797516577918,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Riverside Cemetery is a 54-acre landscaped rural cemetery park on a high bluff above the Ocmulgee River at 1301 Riverside Drive, Macon, Georgia. It was first laid out in 1887-1889 and expanded in stages.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a well-preserved late-nineteenth century rural cemetery, notable for its design by Calvert Vaux's firm, Vaux and Company. It also has a Gate House and a Mausoleum that are good examples of cemetery architecture, and a preserved Civil War redoubt with potential for military archaeology. Locally, it was organized by seven prominent Macon citizens in response to the poor upkeep of Rose Hill Cemetery.","narrative":"Riverside Cemetery occupies 54 acres on a bluff above the Ocmulgee River in Macon, Georgia. Its first 23 acres were laid out in 1887-1889 to plans by Vaux and Company, the firm of nationally known designer Calvert Vaux, with Macon architect Peter E. Dennis supervising locally. Rolling hillocks, curving drives and walkways, and controlled monument placement give the grounds a parklike character that has been maintained as the cemetery grew in stages. Two main buildings survive: a brick Gate House of 1897 with half-timbered detailing and Tudor influences, and a white marble Neoclassical Mausoleum built about 1918. A triangular earthwork redoubt, probably built in July 1864 ahead of Stoneman's Raid, was kept within the original plan and now holds burials. The cemetery was founded in 1887 by seven Macon citizens dissatisfied with the upkeep of neighboring Rose Hill Cemetery, and it reflects the shift toward privately run burial grounds.","period_of_significance":"1887 - 1889 and later","architect_builder":"Calvert Vaux and Co., landscape architects; Peter E. Dennis, local supervising architect (designer of the Gate House); Georgia Mausoleum Company (Mausoleum)","architectural_style":"Late nineteenth-century rural cemetery landscape; Gate House with Tudor influences in rustic picturesque style; Neoclassical Mausoleum","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, altered; part of the acreage is not yet developed. A ca. 1970 sheet metal maintenance building is the only intrusion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.331719-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000183.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000183/5e386cd260-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000183/5e386cd260-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverside_Cemetery_5.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:Riverside_Cemetery_5.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207087","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Cemetery_(Macon,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29649444"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/riverside-cemetery-83000183/"}